Table of Contents Previous – Section One – Chapter 3, “Fundamentals of Voluntaryism” by Carl Watner 4 The Anatomy of the State by Murray N. Rothbard What the State Is Not The State is almost universally considered an institution of social service. Some theorists venerate the State as the apotheosis of society; others regard it…
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Everything Voluntary – Introduction
Table of ContentsPrevious – Preface Introduction by Skyler J. Collins, Editor The mainstream political, education, and parenting philosophies all have one thing in common: promoting the domination of one group of people over another. In politics, this is the ruling class, ie. the politicians and bureaucrats, over the ruled. In education and parenting, this is…
Chapter 1 – Persuasion versus Force
Table of ContentsPrevious – Introduction 1 Persuasion versus Force by Mark Skousen & Jo Ann Skousen Sometimes a single book or even a short cogent essay can change an individual’s entire outlook on life. For Christians, it is the New Testament. For radical socialists, Karl Marx’ and Friedrich Engels’ The Communist Manifesto is revolutionary. For…
Re: A Moral Challenge
I am getting increasingly frustrated because so very few seem to comprehend my moral argument that taxation is theft. Even members of my own family don’t seem to get it. It appears to me that there are two components to the argument that taxation is theft.First is the moral argument: If you define theft as…
Where Do Rights Come From?
Your rights don’t come from wrtings. Guest post by Spencer Morgan. One of the recurring confusions that I encounter in discussions about liberty is the idea of rights. There is probably not a single philosophical issue around which more confusion gestates, both among advocates of individual rights and their opponents. So where do our rights…