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Why do I have a moral obligation to police individuals who negatively affect those around them? That seems awfully subjective and likely to devolve into vigila
by christophilus 1y ago
Why do I have a moral obligation to police individuals who negatively affect those around them?
That seems awfully subjective and likely to devolve into vigilante anarchy.
There was a time when having a tatoo would mean you were negatively affecting those around you. Where do we citizens police draw the line?
- binary132 1y agotragedy of the commons strikes again
- shadowgovt 1y agoThere's "police" and police. I don't think anyone's recommending you pull on black tights, a kevlar vest with molded nipples, and a black cape and go knocking beers out of strangers' hands. There is, however, such a thing as noticing if your friends and loved ones are suffering from addiction and intervening to see what can be done before the addiction becomes someone else's problem. And speaking from some limited personal experience? Sometimes the problem someone is trying to medicate out with alcohol is feeling like nobody cares if they live or die. You might be surprised how much someone going out of their way to care does for a person's psyche. Tattoos don't generally correlate causally with vehicular manslaughter; overindulgence in alcohol does, we have the numbers on it.
- rayiner 1y agoYes. And a society that does gentle moral policing is a society that needs less harsh and impersonal government policing.