Stefan Molyneux missed his opportunity to shatter Walter Block’s argument in their debate on spanking. Block’s entire premise was that the protective use of force did not violate the non-aggression principle of libertarianism. I agree to the extent that one using protective force is forgiven for their offense, which is quite likely the case in…
Tag: consequences
Words Poorly Used #25 — Sacrifice
People often talk about making a sacrifice for others, or subsuming their individuality to an external cause, as a positive. But what they are doing is choosing to behave in a certain way. Others will refer to sacrifice as something positive expected of others — commanders will say that they had to sacrifice so many…
Re: Sacrifice
Nobody asked but … When you think sacrifice, think goat kids and virgin female humans on altars covered with blood, think innocent tribe members on a Mayan edifice saturated with gore, think about burnings at the stake. … We are not created to be subordinate to the benefit of another. We are created without regard…
Sex and Marriage
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. After the aerobics class, her husband would take her to brunch. As they sat waiting for their order, her husband…
Not to be Confused with Permissive Parenting
Editor’s Pick. Written by Krista Eger. There are many false dichotomies in our culture. Too many. It’s human nature to simplify things in our brain. If it’s not one thing then it’s the other. If you don’t have conservative ideals then you must be liberal. If you’re not a man, you’re a woman. If you’re…
Just War, Conflation, Systemic Anarchy
Send him mail. “Finding the Challenges” is an original column appearing every other Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Verbal Vol. Verbal is a software engineer, college professor, corporate information officer, life long student, farmer, libertarian, literarian, student of computer science and self-ordering phenomena. Archived columns can be found here. FTC-only RSS feed available here. I never…
Our Trip to Spain
Send him mail. “Finding the Challenges” is an original column appearing every other Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Verbal Vol. Verbal is a software engineer, college professor, corporate information officer, life long student, farmer, libertarian, literarian, student of computer science and self-ordering phenomena. Archived columns can be found here. FTC-only RSS feed available here. The last…
Emotional Information
Nobody asked but … I am listening to the audiobook version of Zero History by William Gibson. The plot has not yet revealed itself to me but Gibson produces some of the most fascinating phrases, wherein he captures a cosmos of meaning in a very short expression. The case here is “emotional information.” Gibson writes…
How Does That Work?
Send her mail. “Balancing on My Toes” is an original column appearing every other Friday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Angel M. Ethell. Angel lives in the Chicagoland area with her family: sons Teen (13) and Lil G (2) along with their little sister Cassie Pie (dog), her partner Daddy G and father-in-law Grandpa G. She loves…
Re: Ethics of Torture
Parrish, Walter Block recently argued in his debate over spanking with Stefan Molyneux that the basis of libertarianism is not the NAP, rather its punishment theory. I think the NAP is an important component of punishment theory, as I think Block does, too, but the reason he said that was because he views libertarianism as,…