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Prohibition has caused more harm than good, lack of gun control has caused more harm than good, outlawing encryption would cause more harm than good. There is n
by joshkpeterson 11y ago
Prohibition has caused more harm than good, lack of gun control has caused more harm than good, outlawing encryption would cause more harm than good. There is nothing logically inconsistent about holding these views.
- frozenport 11y agoI think the claim is that these views aren't held for utilitarian reasons, rather they are held for ideological reasons (ie freedom). In fact, if we want a pure utilitarian viewpoint we ma find the East Asian model where you get shot for selling drugs to yield the most quantifiable value.
- joshkpeterson 11y agoNo, nobody is talking about banning guns for ideological reasons. These are all positions based on pragmaticism, and they have great arguments to back them up. The best, actually.
- onnoonno 11y ago... for narrow definitions of 'quantifiable value'.