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[quote user="Arius"]It is permissible for the husband to do nothing. It isn't permissible for the druggist to withhold life-saving medicine from the woman. I'm not saying all medicine should be free, nor am I arguing for "free stuff for dying people". It simply seems that...
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[quote]The rule here that I'm operating under isn't "give free stuff to dying people", no the moral principle at play here is "life is more valuable than commodities and goods" or simply "life is priceless".[/quote] Several objections. 1. That is the rule you're...
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[quote user="RobertG"]Heinz in this situation is certainly justified in stealing the drug if he has no way of raising the full sum needed in time. The druggist could have avoided the theft by simply be compassionate instead of being a cold selfish bastard, choosing an extra $1000 dollars over...
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I googled your question and found this article. I think it might be quite helpful. The Ethics of Voluntaryism – An 8 Step “Cross Examination” The key here is to get agreement on a step by step basis and refer back to points that have already been agreed upon, should the other person...
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Stef is getting slow. When Peter says that government has the right to confiscate taxes for "legitimate" uses, who determines what are those "legitimate" uses? And once that determination is made, is it morally right for the government to initiate the use of force against a peaceful...
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A couple anarcho-capitalists recently posted this in-depth critique of pragmatarianism.... Pragmatarianism Disproved . Here's my response... Pragmatarianism Disproved? To try and summarize...they used a pragmatarian system with a 100% tax rate as their example and my rebuttal was to challenge them...
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I wrote this as an E-mail for a friend of mine who's in High School so I'll give you all a bit of background on it first. She's taking a school debate class and was given the choice of stuff to debate about, she chose "can schools teach children morals" and was on the side debating...
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Of your own free will you may morally accept fiat currency in exchange for your goods and services as you may accept any token, or lack of token. But when spending your fiat currency, you are employing violent threats from others when your 'trading partner' accepts fiat money under duress. Consider...
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I'll never forget the night I stopped my mom dead in her tracks when my two year old son didn't want to wear a jacket on our way outside. "you're such a bad boy"; "you stop that right there! He's not a bad boy, he's a good boy who doesn't want to wear a jacket right...
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I'm confused by UPB; I've spent a few days thinking about how the principle operates with regards to testing moral theories (example: the morality, immorality, or amorality of assault, rape, theft, etc.), and yet I'm not able to understand why certain actions (assault, for example) are necessarily...