The section about corporal punishment always gets me thinking. Heinlein makes a reasonable and rational case for corporal punishment, something which I have mixed feelings about. I don't particularly like his point, but I can't see a flaw in his reasoning.

I can't help contrast it to Stefan Molyneux's peaceful parenting philosophy where punishment isn't corporal. Basically it boils down to hitting your kids to teach them only makes sense when you live in a world where saying the wrong thing can get you killed. Eg living under a king or a dictatorship that is run on fear.

If you don't live in that world, then misbehaviour should be solved by reason, you don't do X because it leads to Y.

I would love to see Molyneux directly respond to this book for these chapters specifically.