Rules, Spooner Quote #8, Fallacy #16

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The Ethics 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. Having recently written columns explaining both the philosophy of voluntaryism and the voluntary principle on which its based, I thought it…

The Argument from Patriotism

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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…

More !@#$%& Labels

Nobody asked but … I am both mystified and unimpressed with the current debate facing off libertarian brutalism with libertarian humanism.  Either -ism is somewhat offensive to me.  Firstly, they sound like something provided by external parties to provoke hostilities among libertarians.  Secondly, the presumption that libertarianism has only two flavors is further offending.  Just…

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…

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…

Principles Cannot Fail

Nobody asked but … From Facebook today, this self-serving, self-congratulation from the “liberty wing” of the GOP: A lot of libertarians are coming face to face with the failure of the Non Aggression Principal. Some are pretty traumatized. Some realize that maybe they need to reevaluate their definition of self. — Dave Nalle Here’s my…