I’ve been thinking recently about the more subtle roles the state plays in the decline of society. One of these is the effect of monetary inflation on the time preference…
Property Defense and Proportional Force
When discussing topics libertarian, there inevitably arises the question of rights defense. This is one of the most contested and controversial of the philosophy. Of course, that fact alludes to…
Should overpopulation be a concern?
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…