Episode 060 features an interview of Skyler by Marc Stevens of the No State Project on LRN.fm. They talk about voluntaryism, evidence of jurisdiction, moral outrage and ethics, blowback, pacifism, cops, and a host of other topics. Listen to Episode 060 (1h19m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Everything-Voluntary.com, “About“Skyler’s Column, “The Philosophy of Voluntaryism“Skyler’s Column, “Evidence of…
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An Attempt at a Universal Ethic VI: Answering Objections
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. An Attempt at a Universal Ethic I: Introduction An Attempt at a Universal Ethic II: Subjective Identification An Attempt at a…
Traveling II, Time, Risk Taking
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. As time…
No Hitting! – Full Book
No Hitting! A Short Guide on Why Spanking is Unnecessary by Skyler J. Collins, Published 2015 Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Paperback ($6) and other digital formats found here. Preface Here it is, my third published work and second written entirely by myself. Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting was an anthology I…
Chapter 2 – Preventing Misbehavior
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 1, Introduction Chapter 2 – Preventing Misbehavior Many caretakers justify their use of spanking and punishments as a way to prevent what they perceive as misbehavior. They believe that children won’t learn to behave properly if their misbehavior is not met with undesirable consequences. Children dislike being hit, so it’s…
An Attempt at a Universal Ethic V: Integrating Alternatives
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. An Attempt at a Universal Ethic I: Introduction An Attempt at a Universal Ethic II: Subjective Identification An Attempt at a…
The Fallacy Fallacy
Nobody asked but … We might even call this fallacy the Facebook Fallacy. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. One will frequently see another person post in a thread on Facebook, “That’s an ‘Appeal to Authority!’” or a citation of another logic fallacy. So what? An appeal to authority in form is not necessarily…
On Taxation
Libertarian anarchists and voluntaryists agree that taxation is theft. Why do they think that? Because not paying taxes invites harassment by those who identify as government. Why do those who identify as government feel entitled to harass non-taxpayers? Because they believe taxes are owed. Why do they believe taxes are owed? Because they believe the…
An Attempt at a Universal Ethic II: Subjective Identification
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. An Attempt at a Universal Ethic I: Introduction Every person and every culture that exists (or has existed) seem to have…
Four Cents 013 – On Jurisdiction (0h18m)
Four Cents 013 is a conversation on the government’s claim of jurisdiction and their inability to provide facts or evidence proving it. Skyler wrote on this at skyler.link/evcjurisdiction. Marc Stevens’s No State Project and podcast is found at MarcStevens.net. Listen to Four Cents 013 (0h18m, mp3, 96kbps)Contact Email a comment or question to everythingvoluntary @…