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By: Rad Geek People’s Daily 2009-07-16 – Credit where credit’s due

Rad Geek People’s Daily 2009-07-16 – Credit where credit’s due — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:54:58 +0000

[...] that this was in the context of a discussion on the Rothbardian view on children’s rights, David K. was right to point out that the discussion needs a bit of complication — because Hoppe has actually defended the [...]

By: Roderick

Roderick — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:39:17 +0000

FWIW, see my views on children's rights here and here.

By: Roderick

Roderick — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:37:06 +0000

I’ve read some of the education ones, but not Escape.

By: Bob Kaercher

Bob Kaercher — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:42:24 +0000

I highly recommend Arthur Silber’s blog on Alice Miller’s writings relating to raising children and child abuse:

http://thesacredmoment.blogspot.com/

By: Tom G

Tom G — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:31:26 +0000

Roderick, have you read any of John Holt’s books ? I think they seem relevant to this discussion. Although he primarily wrote about learning theory and homeschooling, “Escape from Childhood” was more about children’s rights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Caldwell_Holt

By: George Donnelly

George Donnelly — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:50:12 +0000

Shall we organize a military expedition to free them?

By: Ken’s Weblog » Blog Archive » Anarcho-capitalism and child abuse

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:49:15 +0000

[...] recently posted a link to a creep-out ad for this sado-fascist horror show — The Total [...]

By: David K.

David K. — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:44:02 +0000

Here is Hoppe’s actual view on children’s rights:

“It is worth mentioning that the ownership right stemming from production finds its natural limitation only when, as in the case of children, the thing produced is itself another actor- producer. According to the natural theory of property, a child, once born, is just as much the owner of his own body as anyone else. Hence, not only can a child expect not to be physically aggressed against but as the owner of his body a child has the right, in particular, to abandon his parents once he is physically able to run away from them and say ‘no’ to their possible attempts to recapture him. Parents only have special rights regarding their child—stemming from their unique status as the child’s producers—insofar as they (and no one else) can rightfully claim to be the child’s trustee as long as the child is physically unable to run away and say ‘no.’” (“A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism”, ch. 2, fn. 9)

As far as I know, Hoppe has never repudiated this view.

By: Black Bloke

Black Bloke — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:15:00 +0000

That is funny in retrospect

By: Roderick

Roderick — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:38:31 +0000

Maybe he self-identified as a dog.