[ExI] Introduction to the Philosophy of Liberty

Amara Graps amara at amara.com
Thu May 3 22:09:09 UTC 2007


Lee Corbin:
>I'm forced to conclude that once again we see the sad spectacle of an
>anarchist philosophy being passed off as an Evolutionarily Stable
>Strategy, or a real-world possibility.  Only in dream land.  The video
>suggested the following solution to the problem of aggression from
>others:  everyone should just never initiate the use of force.  Isn't
>that simple?  Isn't that nice?

You were expecting PPL in a one minute slot? Aren't you expecting a lot
in 10 minutes? The concepts presented for 'never initiating force' and
self-ownership and voluntarist actions are already the foundation for
PPL and a large step in the direction of the kind of contracts necessary
for customary law (a la Bruce Benson).

Amara

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Amara Graps, PhD      www.amara.com
INAF Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI), Roma, ITALIA
Associate Research Scientist, Planetary Science Institute (PSI), Tucson



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