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As far as this is concerned children are an extension of their parents. What makes individual liberty such a powerful force is that different paradigms can comp
by sisu2019 8y ago
As far as this is concerned children are an extension of their parents. What makes individual liberty such a powerful force is that different paradigms can compete peacefully in the same society and everyone can then see what works and what doesn't. So yeah, parent should be able to absolutely block their kids from games and they should also be able to let their kids play them as much as they want (as long as they still eat and go to school ..) and everything in between.
- anoncake 8y agoNot quite. Being able to test different paradigms is one reason why we protect liberty, but its not the only one. We also do it because people simply value their autonomy and consider it their right. While the state taking away parents control over their children is bad policy when taken too far, IMHO it doesnt infringe on their rights. That would imply that one could have the right to control another person, which is not a thought Im comfortable with.
- sisu2019 8y agoI didn't say it's the only one, but I do think it's big factor in the west's success. And that's what we want: successful problem solving in the space of media consumption for kids and for adults. Parents absolutely have the right and even the duty to raise their children, a lot of which entails telling them what to do and when. If not even the parents have that right then the state, being a group of people, has even less of a right.
- anoncake 8y agoThat right is, in my opinion, quite different from other rights though. Parents dont have the right to raise their children for their own sake, they have it for the sake of their children. It also isnt primarily a right but a duty, it just doesnt make sense to have a duty to do something you have no right to.