Tag: Freedom
The Problem of Consent
Foreshadowed by my musings on adulthood, what I’m presenting here is the temporary result of my efforts pondering the core of the concept of “freedom”. I have come to the conclusion that what we call “freedom” relies on two great assumptions: 1) humans have free will; 2) free will ultimately depends on the ability of [...]
Posted: July 31st, 2011 under Philosophy.
Tags: Adulthood, Consent, Free will, Freedom, Problem
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Equality and the Meaning of Wealth, Part 1
The concept of “wealth” is a recurrent theme in debates between the right and left: each side believes that their system has the most ethical way of managing wealth. The perspective we will defend here is our own – that of the left. First, it is essential to define “wealth”. As core premise of our [...]
Posted: April 14th, 2011 under Politics.
Tags: Equality, Freedom, Heylighen, Knowledge, Left, Meaning, Right, Satisfaction, Wealth
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Humanist Education and Freedom
I have long called for a radical reshaping of education. More recently, as I find myself agreeing with panarchism, I have discussed with Reikoku of what could education look like in a much more libertarian world. The general idea of a modular education at all levels, outlined in a previous post, remains relevant. However, several [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2011 under Politics.
Tags: Education, Freedom, Libertarianism, Panarchism, Science, Student
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Freedom, Reality, Morality…
An ideally free society isn’t a utopia where there would be no murderers and no rapists. There will most likely be humans exhibiting excessively anti-social behaviour for as long as mankind exists. Investing resources towards the eradication of crime as a concept is the broader problematic approach that comprises absurdities such as the “war on [...]
Posted: December 29th, 2010 under Free Speech, Politics.
Tags: Crime, Free Speech, Freedom, Morality, Reality, Society, Utopia, Violence
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The Case Against Rights
Can we ever go back to those unbroken spells of love and life? Why are we born to see misery and fight death? Wouldn’t winning put an end to the purpose of life?
Posted: December 18th, 2010 under Philosophy, Politics.
Tags: Anarchism, Consensus, Freedom, Morals, Rights, Truth
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What Does Freedom Mean? Basically
Much has been written on the concept of “freedom”. And yet it remains vague, and different meanings of the word are often used within a single context. That is because people’s opinion of what freedom should be irremediably taint their use of the world. This post aims to explain the basics of any coherent principle [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2010 under Philosophy, Politics.
Tags: Freedom, God, Justice, Left, Order, Poor, Rich, Right
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