An Objectivist’s assessment of Karl Popper
An Objectivist reevaluates Karl Popper after discussions with Popperian people taking children seriously.
by Tim Starr
Less capable justifies coercion?
If young children being merely less capable justifies coercively controlling them, why doesn’t that also justify coercively controlling less capable adults.
Young children “pre-rational”?
Arguing about whether there is a difference in kind WRT rationality between children and adults.
Whose values matter?
When children’s wishes for their own lives clash with parents’ wishes for the children’s lives.
The Original Sin argument
Who are fallible human parents to beat the Original Sin out of their children?
Coercion and influence
An early argument about coercion
The first list post
The first post ever on the then brand new email-based discussion group forum we called ‘the Taking Children Seriously List’.