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That's clearly not what the comment you're replying to was saying. It was saying, I might have my moral opinions in a vacuum about whether prostitution is good
by geofft 7y ago
That's clearly not what the comment you're replying to was saying.
It was saying, I might have my moral opinions in a vacuum about whether prostitution is good or bad, but the moral principle of trafficking being bad overrides that, and we should follow what the evidence says. If the evidence says that decriminalizing sex work reduces trafficking, then a moral opinion against sex work doesn't outweigh the evidence.
It was clearly not about higher moral principle of fundamental liberty.
- DuskStar 7y agoThe "higher moral principle of fundamental liberty" is choosing the more free/less restrictive path even when that leads to worse outcomes. That's literally the idea behind the entire liberty vs freedom discussion - that (for instance) even if giving the government access to all our communications would make us safer, it's still not what should be done.