Table of ContentsPrevious – Section One – Voluntaryist Resources 7 The Origin of Religious Tolerance by Wendy McElroy In 1733 the philosopher credited with ushering in the French Enlightenment, François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, published Letters Concerning the English Nation. It was a pivotal work. Although written in French, the 24 letters were first issued…
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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 2 – Coercivists and Voluntarists
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section One – Chapter 1, “Persuasion versus Force” by Mark & Jo Ann Skousen 2 Coercivists and Voluntarists by Donald J. Boudreaux Categorizing a political position according to some simple left-right scale of values leaves something to be desired. Political views cover such a wide variety of issues that it 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…
Wes Bertrand Endorses Everything Voluntary
“I loved the range and scope of this freedom anthology that Skyler Collins has created. For those who wonder about where voluntaryism begins and ends, this book shows that it encompasses practically everything – hence the title. The various articles within shed lots of light on many key topics, including the roots of coercion found…
Everything Voluntary – Unschooling Resources
Table of Contents Previous – Section Four – Chapter 23 – Grown Without Schooling by Jason Hunt Unschooling Resources Books How Children Learn, by John Holt “This enduring classic of educational thought offers teachers and par-ents deep, original insight into the nature of early learning. John Holt was the first to make clear that, for…
Everything Voluntary – Free Market Resources
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Three – Chapter 16 – “Agorist Living” by Nicholas Hooton Free Market Resources Books Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt“A million copy seller, [this book] is a classic economic primer. But it is also much more, having become a fundamental influence on modern [free market] economics of the type…
Everything Voluntary – Voluntaryist Resources
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section One – Chapter 6 – “Charity in the Land of Individualism” by John D. Fargo Voluntaryist Resources Books The Ethics of Liberty, by Murray Rothbard“First published in 1982, The Ethics of Liberty is a masterpiece of argumentation, and shockingly radical in its conclusions. Rothbard says that the very existence of…
Walter Block Endorses Everything Voluntary
“This is a MAGNIFICENT book. You don’t have to look much beyond the list of contributors to realize that Skyler Collins has put together an all star cast of libertarians. I didn’t have to read most of this book in order to give it my very strong recommendation. Why not? Because I had already long…
Youth Rights, Dignity, and the Anti-Democratic Values of Public Schooling
Beautiful article by a high school student fed up with public schooling’s authoritarian model for education: As students, we are told that we are being made into an “informed citizenry” capable of maintaining a vibrant democracy. Indeed, we are told that we must give up most of our constitutional rights in the name of achieving…