Table of ContentsPrevious – Afterword Topical Guide Topic – ChapterAgorism – 3, 12, 16Arguments for Voluntaryism – 1, 3, 6Behaviorism – 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30Black/Gray Markets – 12, 16Bullying – 24, 25, 26Central Economic Planning – 13, 14, 15Charity/Welfare – 1, 6Child Abuse – 24, 25, 26Church & State – 9, 10Civil Religion…
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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…
Jurors Can Say No
Every voluntaryist should have within his tool belt the principle of “jury nullification”: If you are ever on a jury in a marijuana case, I recommend that you vote “not guilty” — even if you think the defendant actually smoked pot, or sold it to another consenting adult. As a juror, you have this power…
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…
How Can Free Markets Guarantee Freedom?
Guest post by Spencer Morgan. How Can Free Markets Guarantee Freedom in the Absence of a Strong Central Power? Freedom can’t guarantee anything. It’s not a top-down system or a mechanism that we can evaluate by a comparison to the various models of centralized control. By definition, it is the absence of that control. The…
Should Voluntaryists Vote?
Guest post by Spencer Morgan. Earlier this week, I was asked a question by a local libertarian who is taking a close look at the philosophy of voluntaryism. His question as follows: “Should voluntaryists vote? The issue, as I see it, is that on the one hand, voting could be construed as a tacit recognition…