Nobody asked but … Voluntaryists and libertarians put a value on being left in peace. This necessarily includes acceptance of the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP) and of all responsibilities implied thereby. The assumption of this responsibility is the thing a libertarian has chosen to owe to others. The anti-libertarian believes that the libertarian will not observe…
Tag: responsibility
Re: Self-Interest
Nobody asked but …I believe that libertarians put a value on being left alone. This necessarily includes self-ownership and self-determination and self-recognition of all responsibilities assumed. The assumption of responsibility is the thing a libertarian has chosen to owe to others. The anti-libertarian believes that the libertarian will evade those responsibilities. But then the anti-libertarian…
EVC Podcast, Episode 007 Transcription Notes
The following notes were transcribed by Daniel Paul Von SƏtler. Episode 007, “How to Increase Drunk Driving“ Politicians create laws that encourage DD to increase revenue stream. DRUNK DRIVING is in NO WAY an acceptable behavior. 1. Destroy the options for people trying to avoid driving drunk = the same fines are now imposed if…
What We Should Do
Nobody asked but … In his speech on the NSA, Obama said this, “But America’s capabilities are unique. And the power of new technologies means that there are fewer and fewer technical constraints on what we can do. That places a special obligation on us to ask tough questions about what we should do.” (emphasis from original speech). And what…
Unschooling Undefined
Editor’s Pick. Written by Eric Anderson. Unschooling is a word coined by negating the idea of schooling; it starts off with a negative definition. What, specifically, is it about schools that unschoolers want to do without? The School Organization Breaking up the day into learning time and play time. Starting and stopping learning (or shifting…
The Invisible Wall
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…
Don’t Get Addicted to Powerlessness
Wise words from T. K. Coleman, whose blog I read daily: Being a victim is rewarding. It elicits sympathy and attention while insulating us from the challenges that come with taking responsibility for our lives. These rewards, however, come with a cost. The benefits of victimhood can only be procured at the expense of personal…
Crime and Punishment in a Free Society
Would a free society be a crime-free society? We have good reason to anticipate it. Don’t accuse me of utopianism. I don’t foresee a future of new human beings who consistently respect the rights of others. Rather, I’m drawing attention to the distinction between crime and tort — between offenses against the state (or society) and offenses against individual persons or their justly held property.
On Honor and Edward Snowden
Honor, to me, is keeping your promises and staying true to your principles. Honor does not seem to be a very important part of the lives of Westerners. I only ever heard the term growing up in movies and, more recently, in book series like John Carter, Narnia, and the Lord of the Rings. If…
Opinions, Treaty of Versailles, the Manhattan Project
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. Last time,…