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Moral argument: functioning societies don't move the burden of the consequences of known risky behavior from those doing such behavior to those who are not. In
by blacktriangle 6y ago
Moral argument: functioning societies don't move the burden of the consequences of known risky behavior from those doing such behavior to those who are not. In fact, that's a recepie for a civilizational death spiral.
- stryan 6y agoI think I'd need to see a better argument that we're moving the burden of consequences. Riding a bike with no helmet is known risky behavior; if they get hit by a car or fall or their bike and have to go to the hospital, would you say that's shifting the burden of consequence? People with Syphilis who get tested and help for it still pay their taxes, which helped fund their treatment. They still have consequences such as having to see a doctor, take medicine which may be unpleasant (ever have GI side-effects from an anti-biotic?), and of course they experience the side-effects of, you know, having Syphilis. The government isn't taking $20 out of your wallet to bribe the bacteria to not infect someone.
- maximente 6y agostrange: drunk driving continues to cause grave personal, public health and economic harm to non-participants and has for, what, well over 50 years? yet the US seems to be largely "functioning".
- emodendroket 6y agoBy this standard we’re arguably at greater risk of civilizational death spiral, e.g., helping homeowners to rebuild in natural disaster-prone areas than trying to treat venereal disease.
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