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The surgeon chose to become a surgeon. Are there places where enough people make the moral choice to support as high a standard of living as Norway? Edit: I m

by m1n1 8y ago

The surgeon chose to become a surgeon. Are there places where enough people make the moral choice to support as high a standard of living as Norway? Edit: I mean, it seems you're saying that there are enough good humans to support a nice enough society that we should all have that much free will. But is that what we find in real life?

Consultant32452 8y ago
I want to be free to choose what I personally define as a high standard of living for myself, as long as I don't harm anyone else. More importantly, I want to be free from being coerced into living what you personally consider a high standard of living. >I mean, it seems you're saying that there are enough good humans to support a nice enough society that we should all have that much free will. But is that what we find in real life? I would rather live in a world where I'm literally the only human on the planet willing to help his fellow man than one in which I'm subjected to someone else's personal ideal of how I should live my life. But I'm far more optimistic than that. It's entirely probable that some people will slip through the proverbial cracks, as they do in all systems, but I don't support attempting to right one moral wrong by committing another.
- m1n1 8y ago
  Do you resent being coerced into paying taxes to support the fire fighters and police and the infrastructure, etc that others believe should be in place? Where do you draw the line between what we can all agree on and where you start to feel coerced into supporting what you call others' personal view of something?
- m1n1 8y ago
  How is that level of freedom different from anarchy? Certain constraints on freedom can actually lead to greater freedoms. As someone mentioned above, there's greater freedom in taking a long break from work or in doing a career change in Norway than there is in the United States.
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by m1n1 8y ago

Consultant32452 8y ago

I want to be free to choose what I personally define as a high standard of living for myself, as long as I don't harm anyone else. More importantly, I want to be free from being coerced into living what you personally consider a high standard of living. >I mean, it seems you're saying that there are enough good humans to support a nice enough society that we should all have that much free will. But is that what we find in real life? I would rather live in a world where I'm literally the only human on the planet willing to help his fellow man than one in which I'm subjected to someone else's personal ideal of how I should live my life. But I'm far more optimistic than that. It's entirely probable that some people will slip through the proverbial cracks, as they do in all systems, but I don't support attempting to right one moral wrong by committing another.

m1n1 8y ago
Do you resent being coerced into paying taxes to support the fire fighters and police and the infrastructure, etc that others believe should be in place? Where do you draw the line between what we can all agree on and where you start to feel coerced into supporting what you call others' personal view of something?
m1n1 8y ago
How is that level of freedom different from anarchy? Certain constraints on freedom can actually lead to greater freedoms. As someone mentioned above, there's greater freedom in taking a long break from work or in doing a career change in Norway than there is in the United States.
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