[redacted] Week Eleven: Human Respect is a Perennial Idea
The Principle, arranged in its current form, will no longer be relevant at some future time, but the idea behind the words is timeless.
The Principle, arranged in its current form, will no longer be relevant at some future time, but the idea behind the words is timeless.
“Curious: What IS our responsibility for another child we don’t even know? How, exactly, are we supposed to live up to it?”
What would we want aliens to understand about humans, and, what ideas would you hope these “others” use to guide their interactions?
My left middle finger is also now available for sale, along with a video of it being removed, packaged, and shipped, for $1.5 million.
Controlling another person’s life is not a moral action among a free people or a people who aspire to live freely.
The title I chose for this project holds up, so far, because there is no one definition of happiness, harmony, and prosperity.
Last week I sat down with Rusty Shackleford to get his thoughts on the Principle of Human Respect and discuss living your ideals.
At every point in the past where peace has occurred, something has simultaneously been imperfect. What you choose to believe matters.
How does it become a man to behave toward this American government today? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.
In my third appearance on The Bullpen, we discussed the nature of time, joy, and what we do with an imperfect reality.
The Principle of Human Respect has brought new clarity to the idea of Agency Delegation. If I’m not perpetrating the act, am I in the clear?
It was a bad idea in New Hampshire and it’s wrong for all the same reasons (and more) at the national level.
This is a clever question, and an important one. Alex (@voluntaryist on X) has a unique ability to cut to the heart of an issue and lay bare the cognitive dissonance that comes along with using the force of law Read more…
Last week, I withdrew from participation in the Human Respect Fellowship. What does that mean for the next six months of writing here?
I’d be curious to hear how you would answer, and where you believe my answers fall short. I’m here to learn as much as anything else.
There’s a challenge in the fact that we “have the greatest propensity to sympathize” with elements in the “strong mixture” of love.
Water should get multiple lives before being returned to the earth, and I am 30% less able to do so by an act of theft.
I’m an optimist about future generations – but I temper those expectations against the reality of the work that needs to be done.
The debates over how to build a better state should be peaceful, and respectful of each person’s unalienable rights and ineffable value.
Every member of Congress was faced with the task of deciding whether to vote to pass a broken bill, or vote against it.