thomas.shirk

The Marxist idea that profit is excess value confiscated from the workers by the capitalist is patently wrong. Profit is the default income with or without a wage earner; wages are deductions from profit.

My name is Average Joe and I own myself. I can be sure I own myself through simple common sense. Presenting a rational argument for self-ownership in simple layman's terms where logic is basic common sense

People are often intimidated by logic. They should not be. Everyone uses logic, they just don't realize it. Most of my effort so far has been to establish a framework of rational ethics which builds upon

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one" only works voluntarily "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" -- Captain Spock, Wrath of Khan The above scene

In many ways, "self-ownership" is a fancy way of saying "free will". It is the acknowledgement that only the actor may make decisive action and thus that both the responsibility for

Rights and property are inextricably linked and can only be exercised by the individual. The right to self-ownership and the right to property naturally extend into a peaceful and free society. In a break

The word "corporation" is becoming synonymous with "evil" in Western society, if not the globe. However, most people are completely unaware of what a corporation is, what function it

"Obscene profits" is a term at once vague and arbitrary, all of it based upon the idea that a person can somehow determine that another's profit is, somehow, more than they deserve. That anyone

Arbitrarily defining larger numbers as "more than they deserve" does not justify theft Whenever a person of ample means -- especially one of the world's few billionaires -- stands to gain from

A summary of a Voluntaryist position on natural rights This is the third and final piece in my series on a Voluntaryist position of "natural rights". The first two articles can be found here: "On Natural

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The previous article in this series discussed the validity of the "natural rights" concept as well as set up a frame work for discerning what rights an individual naturally possesses. This article

Debate between Voluntaryism and other philosophies often times come down to the concept of "natural rights". Inevitably, the Voluntaryist position on the concept of "natural rights"

"A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both." - Milton Friedman In present culture, a great deal

INTRODUCTION "Money is the root of all evil" is, in addition to being a sorry mistranslation of the biblical phrase it is cribbing, a common and tragically erroneous refrain in modern society.