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The Pluralism of Liberty
The concept of individual liberty, consistantly applied, would seem to have pluralistic implications. For it leaves room for anyone to act as they please within the context of voluntary interpersonal relations, and by its very nature a society consists...
Posted Mon, Jul 28 2008 by Brainpolice | 29 comment(s)
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Morality, Rationality, Survival and the Law
I was having a bit of a debate with an Objectivist and we got into some questions about morality and rationality. It related to the question of suicide, and I maintained that suicide is irrational but not immoral and that the individual has the liberty...
Posted Tue, Jun 3 2008 by Brainpolice | 1 comment(s)
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Free Association Resolves Cultural Conflict
The very existance of state-provided and/or monopolized services is a boon to cultural conflict over how those services are used and who gets to use them, since the individual must pay for them no matter what and has no real alternative to the singular...
Posted Sat, May 17 2008 by Brainpolice | with no comments
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Organization and Conflict: Free Association vs. Politics
Free association and competition resolves conflict while politics, especially democratic politics, enables and ultimately depends on conflict. All disagreements between people about how to organize can theoretically be resolved through free association...
Posted Wed, Apr 30 2008 by Brainpolice | 2 comment(s)
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Two Fallacies (Or Three?)
In discussing and debating economic and political issues, there are some rather ridiculous fallacies that are commonly manifested in public discourse. These fallacies are not directed at the content of one's ideas so much as the character of those...
Posted Thu, Dec 6 2007 by Brainpolice | 3 comment(s)
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Pragmatic Utilitarianism: A Road to Tyranny
The arguements given by people to justify unethical acts are usually utilitarian, which is to say that a given act is defended on the grounds that it is beneficial to someone. This is commonly manifested in the arguements given in defense of the alleged...
Posted Fri, Nov 30 2007 by Brainpolice | 3 comment(s)
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