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By whether these laws enforce negative rights or positive ones. You should have a right to do whatever you want as long as you're not directly interfering with
by thegrimmest 5y ago
By whether these laws enforce negative rights or positive ones. You should have a right to do whatever you want as long as you're not directly interfering with the rights of others to do the same. That's what it means to be free.
- leephillips 5y agoIs this demarcation a form of religion? Or can you demonstrate its objectivity?
- thegrimmest 5y agoThe demarcation represents a minimum set of restrictions on behavior which fundamentally differentiate civilization from its opposite - namely the presupposition of peaceful coexistence. From there, there is no means to derive the degree of compulsion to cooperate, so better not at all.
- leephillips 5y agoWhy is peaceful coexistence the supreme goal? What if my religion, in contrast with yours, holds out another goal as more important than that?