Thoughts on self-ownership theory and the non-aggression principle
Debunking the argument for self-ownership
On Lockean Self-Ownership and the New Mutualist Manifesto
source: also see: this post Well, for most libertarians, Self-ownership is most unshakeable fundamental conviction: In The Ethics of Liberty, Murray Rothbard argues that "100 percent self-ownership" is the only principle compatible with a moral code that applies to every person - a...
Non-aggression Is Not An Axiom
source The non-aggression principle [NAP] is not an axiom. By the term "axiom" I more or less mean something that is self-evident and irreducible, a stand-alone principle that functions as an obvious starting point from which everything else springs. This...
Who Owns You?
Edward Britton source Underlying every aspect of human interaction is a simple, single question: who owns you? Everything you've ever been told or taught about religion, sociology and political science attempts to answer that question. Religion says "God (as perceived by...
Why I Reject Self-ownership Redux
Brainpolice source I've already written and made numerous videos on this, but I don't think I've put all of the objections together in one place. There are three major reasons that have lead me to reject the concept of "self-ownership",...
Putting The NAP In Its Proper Context
brainpolice source I contend that the non-aggression principle is not a contextless axoim and it requires a specific definition of the difference between genuine self-defense and the initiation of violence. There is a grave problem that thin libertarianism and plumb-line...
Why I am not specifically a voluntaryist
Mike Gogulski source Maybe it’s nothing more than a definitional quibble, but… Carl Watner, who has operated voluntyarist.com for long years, provides a definition of what a voluntaryist is, front and center: Voluntaryists are advocates of non-political, non-violent strategies to achieve a...
Absolutist Propertarianism Dissolves All Rights
brainpolice source In a strict propertarian view, all rights are property rights (and likely to be treated as commodities-in-themselves). In my view, property rights are an extension of (and inherently constrained by) a more general right of personal sovereignty. A...
Molyneux Criticisms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YqghKRF9564 http://www.fdrliberated.com/ http://libertarian-left.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Molyneux%20Project http://liberatingminds.forumotion.com/forum http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4A6B1FC073800C4C Review of Laughingman's Debate With Stefbot brainpolice Stefan Molyneux recently had a debate with my friend John (laughingman0X) on youtube, which was video recorded using oovoo and consequently put up on Stefbot's channel on...
Universality Isn’t Enough (And Sometimes Too Rigid?)
brainpolice source Universality Isn't Enough Some of the common arguments for libertarianism are essentially elimative arguments from universality. For example, in "For A New Liberty", Murray Rothbard rules out what he considers to be the two alternatives to "self-ownership", I.E....
Self-Ownership is Bad Logic, Not Just Bad Grammar
"Self-ownership" is a ubiquitous buzzword in libertarian discourse because it’s often used as a platform, along with The Non-Aggression Principle, for property rights. It's a conundrum of modern libertarianism because it’s impossible, and it can be used to ill ends...