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On what moral grounds? Just because your chosen morality puts the individual above the group in all cases doesn't mean everybody else subscribes to that moralit
by infinite8s 10y ago
On what moral grounds? Just because your chosen morality puts the individual above the group in all cases doesn't mean everybody else subscribes to that morality (in fact, I highly doubt most people subscribe to that morality fully, given the society we have built up).
- djschnei 10y agoPutting the individual above the collective is a very simplistic, and quite inaccurate, summation of my morality. My morality is that I can't use violence in an aggressive manner, only defensive - this is often described as the non-aggression principle or "NAP". You might be fine with the idea that as long as the majority agree, we can delegate aggression upon the minority via a central governing body; but I am not. I also hope (and suspect) most people subscribe to the idea you can't initiate coercive force against others - however we've for some reason agreed you magically can as long as we vote about it. I'll never understand that... It seems like a logical disconnect to me... Maybe I am weird... idk.