Episode 024 is a conversation on the origin and meaning of the phrase “everything voluntary”. Listen to Episode 024 (1h52m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Everything-Voluntary.com, “About“Skyler Collins, “Origin of Everything-Voluntary“Skyler Collins, Everything Voluntary: From Politics to ParentingEVC Podcast, Episode 001 – Skyler’s JourneyEVC Podcast, Episode 003 – Golden Rule EthicsEVC Podcast, Episode 005 – Consent of…
Tag: ethics
On Argumentation Ethics
I understand that Hans Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics as not saying that self-ownership is true, rather, that anyone arguing anything accepts self-ownership as true by their “performance.” To argue against self-ownership is then a performative contradiction, but only for the one doing so. And if you have a desire to “get along” with others and to…
On Condemnation
If I said something that offended others, I expect to be given a chance to explain myself before being “condemned” for it. And so, as a matter of Golden Rule ethics, I must do likewise to Don Sterling, the owner of the LA Clippers, an NBA basketball team, who allegedly said something racist toward blacks.…
The Values of a Voluntaryist
Send him mail. This article combines two columns written by the editor, Skyler J. Collins, in March 2013. Those columns are “My Reasons for Voluntaryism” and “Voluntaryism as a System of Values“. As an individual, I speak only for myself. Looking over the last few years, I can see that what has been the primary…
On Morality
Let us once again visit etymological roots. Morality is “moral qualities,” so what is moral? From the Latin moralis meaning “proper behavior of a person in society.” Alright, let’s keep going. What is “proper”? “Adapted to some purpose, fit, apt; commendable, excellent.” In the context of moralis, behavior most adapted to, fit, or apt for life…
Superman and Freedom
Editor’s Pick. Written by Chris Brown in November 2008. If man is really free, how can we account for his inability to fly, to travel through time, to leap across the ocean, for not being omniscient or omnipotent? In short, wouldn’t man have to be more like Superman to actually be free? Man is constrained…
Anarchy and Lawlessness
Editor’s Pick. Written by James E. Miller. If a casual observer were ignorant, he may declare the needless murder of a mentally handicapped teenager proof of anarchy’s existence. But of course he would be wrong. Under the state, there is already a caste of individuals who act “without leaders” and without regard to the Law.…
Re: Ethics of Torture II
Nobody asked but … A torture scenario such as that in a movie is an exercise in begging the question. It presumes that there is a circumstance under which torture can be justified. Torture may be explained, but it is never justified. Any situation that might be considered as justification of torture is already bankrupt…
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,…
The Ethics of Torture
NOTE: This blog post contains mild spoilers for the 2013 Hugh Jackman movie “Prisoners.” An intriguing movie on many levels, “Prisoners” sets up a very thought-provoking scenario in which the father of a kidnapped girl has extremely strong evidence that a particular suspect is guilty of or at least involved in the kidnapping. The evidence…