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…
you do not have an inherent right to free speech
the only right that you have is the right to your property. property can consist of anything that you have acquired through voluntary means, including your own body, your socks,…
leprechauns, unicorns, and Flarf the Almighty vs god
over the last couple of years i’ve been letting go of my life-long dedication to christianity for atheism. i’ve always had trouble with faith, but i’ve tried to stick it…
the problem with schooling
one of the most destructive ideas in the world today is the idea that traditional schooling (i’ll define that later) is good. i don’t mean just public schooling, but traditional…