Toward a Free Society A Short Guide on Building a Culture of Liberty by Skyler J. Collins, Published 2015 Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalPaperback ($6) and other digital formats found here. Preface This isn’t my first publication, but it is my first publication that I authored entirely. Everything Voluntary: From Politics to Parenting…
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Voluntaryism among Other Philosophies
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. Voluntaryism is the philosophy based on the voluntary principle, that all human relations should happen voluntarily or not at all. In…
Spanking is Always Unnecessary VI: Divine Mandate
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Friday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. Spanking is Always Unnecessary I: IntroductionSpanking is Always Unnecessary II: Preventing MisbehaviorSpanking is Always Unnecessary III: Hurting Themselves or OthersSpanking…
Chapter 6 – Moral Outrage
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 5, Agorism Chapter 6 – Moral Outrage Here we are at the conclusion of this booklet. I began by defining several important concepts, each of which I’ve used here and there, except for moral outrage. (Alright, I used it once.) That is the topic of this final chapter, and the…
Chapter 4 – Radical Unschooling
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 3, Schooling Chapter 4 – Radical Unschooling As shown in the previous chapter, schooling is an extremely poor practice for building a culture of liberty. Parents who’ve begun building that culture at home through attachment and peaceful discipline will find schooling to be a major counter-productive step in the socialization…
Chapter 2 – Parenting
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 1, Introduction Chapter 2 – Parenting Having thus defined our terms, we can begin exploring the necessary prerequisites to building a culture of liberty, and ultimately, a free society. We must start at the same place where each if us began life, the home. Our parents are first to influence…
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Table of Contents Previous – Preface Chapter 1 – Introduction A free society, where liberty is secure, is necessarily one where you’ll find the widespread observance of the voluntary principle (all human relations should happen voluntarily, or not all).(2) Of course, not everyone is required to practice voluntaryism(3), but enough must so that society remains…
Spanking is Always Unnecessary III: Hurting Themselves or Others
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. Spanking is Always Unnecessary I: IntroductionSpanking is Always Unnecessary II: Preventing Misbehavior It might seem logical to cause a child…
Larry Reed Endorses New Booklet
My first endorsement for Toward a Free Society: A Short Guide on Building a Culture of Liberty has just come in: “Skyler Collins’ thought-provoking essay brings to mind the voluntaryist writings of such luminaries as Auberon Herbert and Herbert Spencer. Whether you embrace a minimal state or no state because you believe in individual liberty, or…
Spanking is Always Unnecessary II: Preventing Misbehavior
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. Spanking is Always Unnecessary I: Introduction Many parents justify their use of spanking and punishments as a way to prevent…