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People "voluntarily choose" to not starve or wind up homeless. That's a very narrow definition of "voluntary". Show me people doing things they would do even
by beat 9y ago
People "voluntarily choose" to not starve or wind up homeless.
That's a very narrow definition of "voluntary".
Show me people doing things they would do even if they weren't getting paid to do it. That's voluntary.
- nybble41 9y ago> Show me people doing things they would do even if they weren't getting paid to do it. That's voluntary. The presence of compensation does not preclude an action from being voluntary. Neither does the presence of universal biological imperatives like the need for food or shelter. These things are forced on us by nature, not other people, and are part of the basic human condition. Providing necessary things for yourself is a voluntary action. Interacting with others of your own free will to provide the things you need more easily than you could do on your own is also a voluntary action. It only becomes involuntary when that interaction is forced on you, making you worse off than you would have been on your own (as always, from your own subjective point of view).