For the vast majority of human evolution, mankind lived in relatively small, nomadic tribes where economies were limited and capital was difficult to build and maintain, making survival difficult, and…
“Never Give Up” is bad advice
All human capabilities fall into categories that I call talents. I define talent as an innate capability. An innate capability is the ability to do certain things that is a…
The NAP and the use of violence
The Non-Aggression Principle states that no one has the right to initiate force against the property of others and is the basis of objective morality as defined in MtH. In…
LeBron James: “Basketball is easy!”
All human characteristics exist on a curve. There are very few extremely short people, very few extremely tall people and more and more people as you get closer to the…
Defense of Others
Tom was attacked by Mean Mike. Bob saw the attack and rushed over to help Tom. Bob grabbed Mean Mike and pulled him off of Tom. Mean Mike did not…
philosophical rubber meets practical road
One thing social media is good for is bringing up questions that need to be answered. In a recent article someone was being jailed for refusing to testify against another…
Do rights violators give up their rights?
You may be familiar with the Anarchyball page on facebook. One recent post was one sentence, stating, “those who violate the rights of others forgo their own rights”. I think…
There’s no right to defend your property against threats
Clearly, a person who violates your property owes you compensation and if someone is violating your property, you have the right to defend it. That’s the easy part of the…
revealing universal, objective morality
UPDATE: I added some examples, since this is kind of hard to understand on its own. i have always thought that morality was universal and objective. in other words, that…