Aug 30, 2026

An AI narration of the article 'Objections Against The State-Of-Peril Argument For Parental Obligations' by Jake Desyllas.

Critics of the state-of-peril argument for parental obligations have raised many objections — that creating a child is not aggression and so cannot generate duties, that unborn children...

Aug 23, 2026

An AI narration of the article 'Support for Abortion Has Corrupted Libertarian Theory' by Jake Desyllas.

Libertarian philosophy ought to offer a coherent and beautiful account of family life: parents bear responsibility for the children they create, parental authority and its limits flow from that responsibility, and...

Aug 16, 2026

An AI narration of the article 'Opponents of Parental Responsibility Cannot Help Conceding The Argument' by Jake Desyllas.

The principle that parents have causal responsibility for the children they create is so undeniable that even its most prominent opponents end up making the argument for it themselves. In...

Aug 9, 2026

An AI narration of the article 'Abortion is Incompatible With Parental Obligations' by Jake Desyllas.

If parents are causally responsible for the peril they place a child in by bringing them into existence, what does that imply for abortion? Jake traces a striking line of argument first sketched by Richard Werner in...

Aug 2, 2026

An AI narration of the article 'The Only Ideal of Libertarianism is Peace' by Jake Desyllas.

Libertarianism is usually defended on the grounds of individual freedom, economic prosperity, or the rejection of hierarchy and tradition. In this article, Jake argues that all of these are downstream of a single, more...