Kevin I. Slaughter – Nine-Banded Books https://www.ninebandedbooks.com Online Book Store Sun, 10 May 2026 17:13:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 The Myth of Natural Rights: Expanded & Revised https://www.ninebandedbooks.com/shop/book/the-myth-of-natural-rights-expanded-revised/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 18:23:52 +0000 https://www.ninebandedbooks.com/?post_type=product&p=151 The Myth of Natural Rights: Expanded & Revised

By L.A. Rollins; Preface by Kevin I. Slaughter; Introduction by TGGP 4.25 x 7 | 206 pages George H. Smith once described The Myth of Natural Rights as “a scathing, all-out attack.” This was not hyperbole. First published in 1983 by Loompanics Unlimited, L.A. Rollins’ incisive monograph sought not merely to dethrone the doctrine of natural law that had come to dominate libertarian discourse, but to upend the very foundations of moral philosophy. Describing himself as an “amoralist” and an “egoist of sorts,” Rollins echoed Stirner alone in his insouciant refusal to genuflect before the pieties of intellectual fashion. While few readers would embrace Rollins’ intractable moral skepticism, his short book struck a powerful chord. As the text was discussed in marginal periodicals, it gathered an almost scandalous aura, eliciting both approbation and excoriation for its lacerating critique of natural rights theory—particularly as exposited by such libertarian luminaries as Murray Rothbard, Tibor Machan and Ayn Rand. In 1985, The Myth of Natural Rights would become a central exhibit in a spirited debate that spanned several issues of Samuel Konkin’s New Libertarian magazine. The forum included contributions by Robert LeFevre, Murray Rothbard, Sidney E. Parker and Robert Anton Wilson, along with a reply by L.A. Rollins himself. Although Rollins’ engagement with the libertarian cognoscenti would soon come to an end, the dam had broken. This definitive reissue features a new publishers preface and has been supplemented to include all of the relevant essays that originally appeared in New Libertarian, along with extant commentaries and rejoinders by L.A. Rollins.
Table of Contents 2019 Publisher’s Preface Kevin I. Slaughter 2008 Publisher’s Preface Chip Smith 2008 Introduction TGGP The Myth of Natural Rights New Libertarian Debates Author’s Note Natural Outlaws vs Natural Lawmen Samuel Edward Konkin III Libertarians: Natural Outlaws, Natural Bastards Jeff Riggenbach On the Duty of Natural Outlaws to Shut Up Murray N. Rothbard Roughing-Up Rights George H. Smith A Letter Sidney E. Parker Natural Law Robert Anton Wilson Natural Rights! Robert LeFevre Kranky Notions Jeff Riggenbach A Reply to My Reviewers Instead of an Afterword Acknowledgements Recommended Reading Cover Gallery]]> The Myth of Natural Rights: Expanded & Revised

By L.A. Rollins; Preface by Kevin I. Slaughter; Introduction by TGGP 4.25 x 7 | 206 pages George H. Smith once described The Myth of Natural Rights as “a scathing, all-out attack.” This was not hyperbole. First published in 1983 by Loompanics Unlimited, L.A. Rollins’ incisive monograph sought not merely to dethrone the doctrine of natural law that had come to dominate libertarian discourse, but to upend the very foundations of moral philosophy. Describing himself as an “amoralist” and an “egoist of sorts,” Rollins echoed Stirner alone in his insouciant refusal to genuflect before the pieties of intellectual fashion. While few readers would embrace Rollins’ intractable moral skepticism, his short book struck a powerful chord. As the text was discussed in marginal periodicals, it gathered an almost scandalous aura, eliciting both approbation and excoriation for its lacerating critique of natural rights theory—particularly as exposited by such libertarian luminaries as Murray Rothbard, Tibor Machan and Ayn Rand. In 1985, The Myth of Natural Rights would become a central exhibit in a spirited debate that spanned several issues of Samuel Konkin’s New Libertarian magazine. The forum included contributions by Robert LeFevre, Murray Rothbard, Sidney E. Parker and Robert Anton Wilson, along with a reply by L.A. Rollins himself. Although Rollins’ engagement with the libertarian cognoscenti would soon come to an end, the dam had broken. This definitive reissue features a new publishers preface and has been supplemented to include all of the relevant essays that originally appeared in New Libertarian, along with extant commentaries and rejoinders by L.A. Rollins.
Table of Contents 2019 Publisher’s Preface Kevin I. Slaughter 2008 Publisher’s Preface Chip Smith 2008 Introduction TGGP The Myth of Natural Rights New Libertarian Debates Author’s Note Natural Outlaws vs Natural Lawmen Samuel Edward Konkin III Libertarians: Natural Outlaws, Natural Bastards Jeff Riggenbach On the Duty of Natural Outlaws to Shut Up Murray N. Rothbard Roughing-Up Rights George H. Smith A Letter Sidney E. Parker Natural Law Robert Anton Wilson Natural Rights! Robert LeFevre Kranky Notions Jeff Riggenbach A Reply to My Reviewers Instead of an Afterword Acknowledgements Recommended Reading Cover Gallery]]> A Bible Not Borrowed from the Neighbors https://www.ninebandedbooks.com/shop/book/a-bible-not-borrowed-from-the-neighbors/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:44:49 +0000 https://www.ninebandedbooks.com/?post_type=product&p=96 A Bible Not Borrowed from the Neighbors

Underworld Amusements has released this compilation of “Essays and Aphorisms on Egoism,” edited by Kevin I. Slaughter. The writings collected here are from the contemporaries of Ragnar Redbeard, radical thinkers who went against the herd with all their might. They upheld themselves as Gods, all other concerns come after that. Blasphemous, mocking and visceral, they are the children of Nietzsche, Stirner and Thoreau. Though often overlapping with Anarchists, they are too individualistic for many so-called anarchists who are often just Socialist-minded egalitarian Utopians.]]> A Bible Not Borrowed from the Neighbors

Underworld Amusements has released this compilation of “Essays and Aphorisms on Egoism,” edited by Kevin I. Slaughter. The writings collected here are from the contemporaries of Ragnar Redbeard, radical thinkers who went against the herd with all their might. They upheld themselves as Gods, all other concerns come after that. Blasphemous, mocking and visceral, they are the children of Nietzsche, Stirner and Thoreau. Though often overlapping with Anarchists, they are too individualistic for many so-called anarchists who are often just Socialist-minded egalitarian Utopians.]]>