Anarchist Morality by Peter Kropotkin

This is a really awesome essay that a friend showed me a couple years ago, and I thought I would share it!

"Written in 1897, this study of the origin and function of what we call "morality" was written for pamphlet publication as a result of an amusing situation. An anarchist who ran a store in England found that his comrades in the movement regarded it as perfectly right to take his goods without paying for them. "To each according to his need" seemed to them to justify letting those who were best able foot the bills. Kropotkin was appealed to, with the result that he not only condemned such doctrine, but was moved to write the comrades this sermon"

you can read more here...

http://libcom.org/library/anarchist-morality-peter-kropotkin

or learn more about Peter Kropotkin here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin