Svetilnik

Svetilnik is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-political association.
Our mission is to enlighten Slovenia with ideas of freedom. Our goal is a society where individuals are free to pursue their own interests, and are responsible for their actions. Individuals can only be free in a society that is based on individual's rights and liberties, free market, rule of law and limited government.

Economy

2018 Minimum Wage in Slovenia Excludes Instead of Helping

BY Slavko Sajko AND Svetilnik / December 18, 2018

A minimum wage problem is a thought experiment that is not easy to comprehend. The fact is that people are different. Some people create enormous wealth and others do not produce much. If their added value or created wealth in a month does not reach the minimum wage, the government forbids them to work.

Society

The Right to Keep and Bare Firearms and Its Place in the Libertarian Thought

BY Alen Alexander Klaric AND Svetilnik / January 23, 2017

An important aspect of the argument promoting the benefits of the right to possess firearms lies in the relationship between the illegal owners of the latter and their aim to use the weapons as the means of coercion. Such individuals possess weapons for one fundamental reason: because the others do not have it.

Society

Whose Interest Is Public Interest?

BY Alen Alexander Klaric AND Svetilnik / October 3, 2016

Since personal interest is a mandatory attribute of a human life, i.e. humans a priori aim to meet their needs and follow their passions, it is unbefitting to assume that public interest exists away from the nature of human beings, for someone and in order to achieve something.

Think Tank News

Apply Now For Liberty Seminars Slovenia 2016!

BY Svetilnik / July 5, 2016

The 9th annual Liberty Seminars Slovenia will be held between September 1-5, 2016 at Hotel Jezero, Lake Bohinj, Slovenia. The event is a life-time opportunity to DISCUSS, PRESENT & DEBATE human rights, markets, public policies and law in breathtaking scenery of the Julian Alps.

Economy

The Analysis of the Southeast Asian Peace as a Case of Succsessful Prevention of Armed Conflict and Political Competitiveness

BY Alen Alexander Klaric AND Svetilnik / June 14, 2016

The Southeast Asian peace is a term denoting a relatively peaceful environment in East Asia (regarding armed conflict) in the post-Cold-War era. Due to the regional specificity, it is important to analyze which actors and factors contribute to the Southasian peace, and which – despite the absence of the security infrastructure – tend to defuse the potential armed conflicts.

Economy

On Capitalism and the Understanding of the Term in a Leftist Ideology

BY Alen Alexander Klaric AND Svetilnik / June 14, 2016

It is not a conceptual disagreement, nor a philosophical objection to the foundations of capitalism, not even an opposition to all the capitalists. It is an arbitrary chosen threshold of profit based on the comparison between one and the other individual, and supported by sentiments (not reason), such as deceit of inequality.

Politics

Static Concept of State and the Migration Crisis

BY Alen Alexander Klaric AND Svetilnik / March 1, 2016

Since the people believe in the static concept of the state, they believe it is a birthright to determine entry into this belief system. They believe the state border is the moral entity of which they are a part, and they judge newcomers accordingly.

Politics

Report: The Current State of Democracy in Slovenia

BY Svetilnik / December 17, 2015

On Wednesday, December 2, 2015, Svetilnik hosted a roundtable discussion on \'The Current State of Democracy in Slovenia\', the discussants being Milan Brglez, PhD the President of the National Assembly and Matej Tonin, MA, an opposition member of parliament.

Think Tank News

Report: Liberty Seminars Slovenia 2015

BY Svetilnik / October 8, 2015

The 8th annual Liberty Seminars Slovenia were held between September 23-28, 2015 at Lake Bohinj, Slovenia, and brought together a widely diverse group of attendees and lecturers from all over the world, seeking an opportunity to debate current economic and political topics, human rights, and legal systems through the comparative lens.

Think Tank News

Svetilnik Held Friedman Day 2015

BY Svetilnik / August 4, 2015

An outdoor celebration of Milton Friedman\'s heritage? Why not! On August 31, 2015, Svetilnik in cooperation with the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice held in Celje, Slovenia, a tennis tournament followed by an evening of discussions on the Nobel laureate\'s life\'s work and a barbecue.