Nobody asked but … I will grant you that homo sapiens as currently constituted is an unambitious evolutionary experiment in higher order thinking hampered by lower order instinct. The truth that human nature is natural, however, is incomplete. It is also natural to optimize adaptation. It is also natural to aspire to a higher level.…
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The Philosophy of Voluntaryism
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. Philosophy is, etymologically, the “love of wisdom”. One of the best ways I’ve read to define wisdom is this saying, “Knowledge…
On Spoiled Children
To spoil means, non-colloquially, “to strip, plunder, pillage.” That’s why they’re called the “spoils of war”. Colloquially, as it concerns children, it is claimed that if you let a child do whatever he wants, if you overindulge him, then he will become spoiled. But to anyone who understands the needs of children – psychological, emotional,…
Who Will Be the ROADS War Lord?
Nobody asked but … As I was crossing campus a few minutes ago, I overheard one person ask another, “if you are required to wear seatbelts in a car, why aren’t you required to wear a helmet on a motorcycle?” My question would be, “why haven’t the framers of whatsgoodforyou required helmets in cars, and…
What is the Point?
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. I’ve really been focused lately on the question, “What is the point?” as it regards life, and to some extent,…
Regarding Stefan
Nobody asked but … In an earlier post, I may have come across as a bit peevish about Stefan Molyneux. Let me hasten to put that into context. I am in disagreement, specifically, with Stefan’s treatment of the events in Ferguson, Missouri. If time permits in the future, I may tell you why. But here’s…
On Intervention
A friend recently analogized the US Government intervening in a foreign dispute (Iraq, for example) with me intervening in a mugging. This is a poor analogy. In the latter, my willingness to intervene depends greatly on not only the power I wield, say a gun, but also the costs of intervention, ie. the potentialities of…
How to Promote Liberty
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. We voluntaryists have a problem. We value liberty and hate the state. We want to see the former grow and the…
Killing Fictional Babies, Spooner Quote #5, Logic Fallacy #12
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. It seems…
Rights are a Tool
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. Property rights, human rights, civil rights, children’s rights, animal rights; many are the types of rights defended by people across the…