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The authoritarian and condescending nature of it.
by thegrimmest 5y ago
The authoritarian and condescending nature of it.
- Apocryphon 5y agoWhy is paternalism within the family not authoritarian or condescending?
- thegrimmest 5y agoIt absolutely is! In the context of raising a child, it may be appropriate. When interacting with an equal it is not.
- Apocryphon 5y agoWhat determines equality?
- thegrimmest 5y agoIt is a moral axiom: > We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...
- Apocryphon 5y agoAnd how are children, as men, not also created equal, yet still subject to paternalism?
- thegrimmest 5y agoI think children are excluded from the definition of "men".
- Apocryphon 5y agoSurely not by the above moral axiom.
- thegrimmest 5y agoSurely by it. I would struggle to find a precedent where children are considered equal to adults, and not subject to their authority. In fact my whole point is we shouldn't treat adults the same way we do children.
- Apocryphon 5y agoWhy is it authoritarian and condescending for a government to provide service and address societal problems, but no less authoritarian or condescending for a government to be in the business of protecting the rights that any self-respecting freeholder should be ready and willing to do so?
- thegrimmest 5y agoBecause that self same freeholder should be ready and willing to negotiate with others to provide whatever goods and services he needs. He shouldn't need a third party to intervene on his behalf, and, knowing that depriving anyone of freedom deprives him as well, should be loathe to apply force to compel the other free party he is negotiating with to meet his terms.
- Apocryphon 5y agoSounds like then the truly moral position would be to cut out the government entirely. If the freeholder is ready to take on the grave responsibility of ensuring every single interaction, both large and small, are secure, then they should also be responsible for guaranteeing their own rights from all threats large and small, and not abdicate that in favor of a shadowy government.
- thegrimmest 5y ago