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You are your body. You don't have the right to do what you want to yourself. That's your assumption, not a self-evident truth. The very idea that you can do abs
by lo_zamoyski 3y ago
You are your body. You don't have the right to do what you want to yourself. That's your assumption, not a self-evident truth. The very idea that you can do absolutely what you want to yourself is incoherent. It undermines the very basis of morality. You're effectively saying the objective good doesn't matter. What matters is what I want to do. That annihilates all morality.
I also said nothing about do-gooders. I never said I supported do-gooders. What sorts of legal measures ought to exist is a prudential judgement. In this case, it's clear that drug use should be criminalized.
- WalterBright 3y ago> That annihilates all morality. Morality is something different from what laws are, rights are, and what crimes are. > I never said I supported do-gooders Imposing a moral code on others is what do-gooders do.
- vacuity 3y agoI'm nitpicking since this is a philosophical debate: > Imposing a moral code on others is what do-gooders do. Is murdering people fine then?
- WalterBright 3y agoMurdering people violates their rights.
- vacuity 3y agoFair, fair. I agree with the logic.
- 100110011001 3y agoEverything you're saying is word salad nonsense. > The very idea that you can do absolutely what you want to yourself is incoherent You being confused has nothing to do with the idea. > That annihilates all morality. Your morality. Not mine. Here's where you learn morality isn't really a tangible thing, and everyone disagrees about what is moral.