This essay is a response to Professor Alexander W. Craig’s “Christianity and Egoism.”  Craig’s essay makes the argument that egoism and Christianity are compatible: He examines some seemingly anti-egoistic messages from the Gospels, contrasts them with the context of divine love as a profoundly egoistic belief, and finally argues that these views taken within the…

How can the anarchist’s commitment to the wellbeing of all be reconciled with the egoist’s commitment to the wellbeing of oneself? I suggest reconciliation comes not from politics, nor from religion, nor from markets. The anarchist and the egoist find reconciliation in Love. Love is a big term. It is no wonder the ancient Greeks…

Di Robert Anton Wilson. Originale pubblicato il 12 dicembre 2015 con il titolo The Semantics of “Good” and “Evil”. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Il compianto Laurance Labadie una volta mi raccontò la parabola di quel re che un giorno decise che avrebbe dato un calcio nel sedere a tutti quelli che incontrava, tanto per rimarcare…

Okumak üzere olduğunuz makale, Alexander W. Craig tarafından kaleme alınmış ’ye çevrilmiştir. 22 Mart 2022 tarihinde “Christianity and Egoism” başlığı altında yayınlanmıştır. Kül çarşambasında bu satırları yazmaya başladım. Bugün çoğu Hristiyan oruç tutar, sadece bir öğün yemek yer ve bir Büyük Perhiz disiplininin gerektirdiği gibi zevk alınan bir şeyden uzak dururlar. Zamanla çeşitli Hristiyan geleneklerinde…

I began writing this on Ash Wednesday. On this day, many Christians fast, eating only one meal, and begin a Lenten discipline, abstention from something enjoyed. Over time, various Christian traditions have recommended different Lenten practices, but all who observe Lent do so by giving something up until the Friday before Easter. Can a religion…

De Can Standke. Título original: Creatio ex Nihilo del 15 de noviembre del 2020. Traducido al español por Diego Avila Este poema forma parte de nuestro artículo de poesía de otoño de 2020, “La rabia es una emoción positiva” Increíblemente simple parece Y no es de una sola ocurrencia No es de valor, ni raro Cuanto más se mira…

incredibly simple it seems and of no single occurrence it’s not of value, nor rare the more you look – it’s not there a pair of eyes won’t resolve what had to evolve a cancer set into the flesh enter a nest of a secret web spun you are aware it is there the footprints…

The Semantics of “Good” and “Evil” by Robert Anton Wilson The late Laurance Labadie once told me a parable about a king who decided that every time he met somebody he would kick them in the butt, just to emphasize his power. My memory may have elaborated this yarn a bit over the years, but…

It’s about time someone challenged the phrase radical Islamic terrorism. The most objectionable part is the word radical since it is now popularly associated with aggression — violence against innocents — as an acceptable means to politico-religious ends. But nothing about the word radical implies approval of aggression or terrorism. Rather, the word signifies an approach that goes to the…

Gli attentati di Parigi del tredici novembre erano ancora in corso quando già si levavano le prime voci che chiedevano porte chiuse ai profughi in Europa e America. Per chi conosce la politica e gli obiettivi dello Stato Islamico, l’organizzazione fascista responsabile degli attentati, la tragedia è evidente. Come i tanti spacconi sciovinisti e nazionalisti…

The Paris attacks on 11/13 were hardly concluded before the first cries for excluding refugees from Europe and the U.S were shouted. The tragedy is clear to those who know the politics and goals of the Islamic State, the fascist organization responsible for the attack. Like so many western chauvinists and nationalistic goons in this country…

by Michael S. Rozeff Introduction Aggressive violence opposes freedom of action. This is a central libertarian tenet. What then are we to make of non-violent means of controlling an individual’s beliefs, such as methodical inculcation of religious, nationalistic, or superstitious beliefs? Do these methods also oppose freedom? How do we characterize such methods and contrast them…

On the early summer morning of July 28, 2012, Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed and Michael Walli, the Oak Ridge Three, hiked down a wooded ridge to the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. At the complex the hikers cut their way through three fences using bolt cutters, stealthily moved past guard dogs and then made their way…