ChildrenOfTheSun

I've been looking into some of the leftist/socialist critiques of Hoppe's argumentation ethics, which shares a number of similarities to UPB. Look at this critique for example and tell me what you think: http://www.justopia.org/exploding-argumentation-ethics.html

The notion of "nature's background rate of killing" is complete nonsense. This is something that you need to read about in system's theory that shows if your assumption is based upon the currently observed rate of killing, then you are leaving out the fact that 6 mass extinction events preceded anything taking place today. Also, you have to look to the future wherein all life on earth will be eliminated when the sun expands into a gas giant. Humans do not need to self-extinct. Look at it like this, the system of measurement you need to take into account is not the 200,000 years, it is the life of the universe itself.

Hi Freedomainers, I have been studiously listening to Stef's show for about 6 months now and I am so pleased with what I have heard that I am now donating on most pay days. Ultimately, Stef has broken the hold that the notions of southern child-rearing practices had on me. My wife is so happy and both of our children will benefit greatly over the coming years of Peaceful Parenting. We never hit our children to begin with but there was always this nagging voice or voices in the back of my mind that says, "If you don't discipline your children, they will be bad." Stef has managed to show us a better path to respect our children even more, despite the rather ridiculous environments in which both of us were raised. Furthermore, Stef has been able to show me the logic behind moving beyond my longheld views on Minarchism and Agnosticism. I can now see clearly that the State is inextricably linked with overreaching abuse as it is an effect of bad families and that Religion is based on ancient mysticism and logic can easily demonstrate that omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent entities are a complete inherent contradiction especially in the form of the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The elements I am still struggling with are turning up or down that universal dial of moral responsibility and the gray areas of what age that begins, etc. Anyway, I look forward to reading the forums a bit and continuing to plow through the episode archives as I am now over some 900 podcasts. Warm Regards, JDS