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Tag: logic
Whence Cometh Moral Outrage?
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. Everyone seems to have their own definition of morality. Why is that? If morality is “the proper behavior for a person…
Peaceful Travelers II
Nobody asked but … The firestorm on immigration mounts. Although kindled by Obama, the colossal amount of ignorance fans the flame. Today I heard someone say the phrase “illegal aliens.” First of all the term, “alien,” is a tortured concept, and since it can only emanate from a territory, an entirely fictional concept, it is…
Spooner #9, Fallacy #18, Hard Work
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. A review…
Taming the Violence of Faith
Send him mail. “Food for Thought” is an original column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Norman Imberman. Norman is a retired podiatrist who loves playing piano, writing music, lawn bowling, bridge, reading, classical music, going to movies, plays, concerts and traveling. He is not a member of any social network, nor does he…
Regulating the Internet
Nobody asked but … One of my students, today, was clearly upset because he had heard on the radio that POTUS was seeking to hand the reins of the Internet over to the FCC, Federal Communication Commission. I am sure that politicians see that as feasible, but the fact is that “the Internet” is merely…
Anarchism, not Anomism
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. “If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself;…
Convergence, J. B. Bury, Fallacy #17
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. Having just…
Anxiety Voluntaryist-Style II
Nobody asked but … The earlier post on this topic may be a legitimate use of Russell’s Teapot. In tomorrow’s column, Verbal Vol will explore the logic fallacy known as Russell’s Teapot in some quarters. I have suggested that we at least consider that this voting question may be an appropriate exception to the illogic. …
Voluntaryist Class Analysis
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. Class analysis is a useful tool toward the stratification of society in order to understand different perspectives on political or economic…