The Non-Agression Principle // Part 4
Personal Boundaries
We must take action in order to survive and thrive, but we must also use our individual freedom in a responsible way by not aggressing upon others.
In order to survive and thrive, we are required to interact with others and often encounter areas which separate us.
Healthy personal boundaries help us to do this in a respectful way by asserting our actions without crossing over into another’s boundary through aggression.
Property Rights
The basic truth of self-ownership states that we are the owners of our bodies as well as our efforts and labors.
We can also not make a claim on another’s body, effort, or labor.
But, even when we assert our ownership in a non-aggressive way, we still run the risk of conflict as we interact in the world outside of our boundaries through necessity. These conflicts are a necessary part of life, and offer the opportunity to collectively solve problems in peaceful manner.
This is where Property Rights come into play.
Property Rights are the rules which help us determine each of our individual claims of ownership when it comes to our efforts, labors, productive output, and the access to raw materials.
These rules allow us to negotiate peacefully when interacting with others in a fair and balanced way.
Property Rights do not necessarily require that we be in physical control of certain items, but there is still an agreement and understanding of the labor and effort that went into the production.
Production often times requires a collaborative human effort. Giving credit to each person's individual labor ensures fairness and peace.
Negotiating
There's more to this for later, but a big part of interacting with our fellow human is how we contract with them. There's value to our efforts and how we share that value and trade for it is critical. Of utmost importance is consent. The great folk singer Utah Phillips shared "If I cannot dictate the conditions of my labor I will henceforth cease to work." Through our interactions and contracting consent to agreements serves a critical role.
Agreed. It's why I do not support Mob Justice on Steemit. It's not the answer and attracts the wrong crowd. It's nothing more than FUD spreading to scare away minnows and make the platform seemed like its doomed, like pessimism porn and calls to riot all in one.
I like the statement "Production often times requires a collaborative human effort. Giving credit to each person's individual labor ensures fairness and peace." If only we abide by this principle, there would be much better relationships in the world.
I collaborate with many people and although I have a higher position of some of them, I try to apply this principle. From personal experience I can tell that this contribute to my authentic happiness.
Thanks for such an inspiring writing - I'll have to check other posts of yours on this subject.
You put it into perfect words!
It’s craxy to me so many still don’t get this! The government violence must end!
This is seriously a great brief of the idea of the non aggression principles👍
I will spread this beyond Steemit👍
Of course, it's the state that unlawfully claims property on behalf of its citizens, the voters and those who were elected.
It is deferred robbery, citizens claim ownership of property through state power.
Let us never forget, it's people. People hiding behind government institutions and voting (mob rule) instead of adhering to the rule of law that is guided by moral principles based on Christian (Godly) codes of conduct.
At the end of the day, always ask: How do I create value for self AND others without doing harm to yet others.
This subject is so important to spread and inform people about. We are so ignorant about the tools we have available to take actionable defense of our freedom. We are sleep walking into a mad-max reality, it does not have to happen. Thank you for your hard work, please keep on keepin' on.
Who ruuuunnnns Barter Town?
Who ruuuunnnns Barter Town? What is its meaning.. I am not understanding..
The most nice wording are those in which you explain that we are owner of ourselves our efforts etc.. So we should not agressive and ee should not cross other boundries.. I did not think in this perspective.. Its good tool to control anger.. Thanx for sharing
The statements might appear self-evident, but each can be challenged.
What's consent for instance? People today do things that 2 decades ago they would only do if forced. Why? Because they've been brainwashed. Like Noam Chomsky said (and it's one of my favorite sayings), "consent is manufactured". To really consent, a person must be superbly informed and educated, in a "know thyself" manner as taught by the ancient Greeks. Otherwise it's like signing a contract you don't really understand because someone duped you. Real consent is really hard work and it takes a lifetime or more to achieve. What most people call consent is the right to be influenced by whatever random circumstance you happen to be around, country culture current mores parents friends TV etc.
Same goes for all other points, like "property" for instance. What is property? Most, if not all, US property is stolen from the Indians.
Not saying you're wrong, it's just one can always delve deeper into all these notions. Important thing is to have everyone's best interests and the progress of humanity at heart so that we won't just serve our own biases when we reason about these issues.
Non-aggression for life!
nice write up there @aggroed. humans re psychodynamic in nature we tend to bring about things that happen to us. Study shows that humans gets mad at a particular minute in a day. we has humans must know how to relate with others by not passing aggresion to others . we must have this principle of maintaning a good relationship with others.
This is my take on your wonderful post aggroed its educative and enligjtening.
Amazing sir
wow good information.excellent post. This is where Property Rights come into play