Forced Consent (1873)

by Lysander Spooner (1808-1887)

Abraham Lincoln did not cause the death of so many people from a mere love of slaughter, but only to bring about a state of consent that could not otherwise be secured for the government he had undertaken to administer. When a government has once reduced its people to a state of consent – th...

 An Overview of Natural Law Theory

by Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty

Natural law theory is one of the most important theories in the philosophy of Classical Realism. It is also widely misunderstood by many who have either not taken the time to study it or have heard of it and dismissed it as a "medieval" relic. What I want to do here is merely sketch ou...

The Six Pillars of Intellectual Insanity

by Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty

This page is adapted and expanded from the original work by the late Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty whose websites and writings have been expiring and/or malfunctioning following his death - some of his work is only available through The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine now. Wikipedi...

Jonathan Dolhenty & Mark Passio

The Myth Of Moral Relativism (2013, 2019)

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A slideshow animated-gif (21 slides, 10 seconds per slide) made from the slides at http://slideplayer.com/slide/4192398/ which are based on the essay: https://selfeducatedamerican.com/2013/01/16/the-myth-of-moral-relativism/ (Tip: You can also right-click...