coercion

Libertarianism 2: Understanding the Non-Aggression Principle

Libertarianism

For this week’s blog post I’m going to offer up a working definition of a key term that is critical to understanding libertarianism. At its heart, libertarianism is a moral ...

On Fluffy Animals, Armed Bandits, and the Inner Logic of Libertarianism

Libertarianism

What is libertarianism? In his book Anarchy, State, and Utopia, Robert Nozick famously defines libertarianism as a social philosophy committed to a simple maxim: “from each as he chooses to each ...

Rights, Obligations, Favor and Love

Culture

John Knowlton is an entrepreneur, pastor, and avid cyclist. He lives in Kalamazoo, MI with his wife and children. Find his weekly blog, Thinking for Success at johnknowlton.substack.com. “It is better to ...

The Libertarian Aquinas

Libertarianism

Jonathan McIntosh (Ph.D., University of Dallas) is a Fellow of Humanities at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, where he teaches on the history of western political and economic ...

If God Doesn’t Use Force to Impose His Will, How Can We?

Christian Worldview

If God doesn’t use force and violence to bend us to his will, why do we insist on using force and violence to bend other people to our will? Shouldn’t ...

Bible pro-coercion love

Is the Bible Pro-Coercion?

Libertarianism

Bible Verses About God’s Love for Man The Richmond Observer recently published an article I wrote arguing that the Bible is not “pro-government.” In summation: To say the Bible is ...

Slavery to the State

Politics

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy. This column is the ...

Christianity & Freedom: Is there a dichotomy between law and love?

Christian Ethics

After reading an article I wrote (Palm Sunday and Politics), a friend of mine told me he thought I espoused a sort of dualistic view of Christian life.  As if ...

Teensploitation

Economics

Far from being environments conducive to learning, schools across the world coerce students to conform to the whims of politicians and bureaucrats. Billed as bastions of free expression, intellectual honesty ...

Theological Traditions

Theology

Many people do not like the word “tradition.” It holds connotations of oldness or stinginess, and in our modern way we like new, different, novel, unique. But our traditions are ...

What is the point of private property if you cannot use it?

News

An interesting example of confusion about private property came up this past week. I formerly lived in St. Louis, and I loved listening to KFUO radio, one of the best ...

Politics Hurt

Politics

When confronted with a problem most people today turn to the government—but in reality, it’s often the government that created the problem and its continued involvement only exacerbates the problem. ...

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