Mark, since 'person' is the term we use to reference entities
capable of having rights and obligations, wouldn't that imply
decision makers to whom responsibilty accrues?
Suitabiltiy of a gun's calibre for a particular task can be
assessed ('judged'). But, it still takes a 'person' to be
responsible for deciding how the gun is to be used.
While tools (the gun) are A-moral, each person IS a free moral agent.
-Terry Liberty Parker
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian
--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Terry,
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> Are you saying that no inanimate objects should be judged
> according to their life-supporting or life degenerating
> properties, that only human behavior should be so judged?
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> -Mark
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> Mark, of course I regard this discussion as 'good' :)
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> I said nothing about abandoning discretionary judgements as
> to 'good' and 'bad' In fact, see what I wrote about this-
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> 'MORALITY: Public, Private & Personal'
> at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/42731
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> So TOOLS, like guns, hamers, capitalism, socialism, government,
> physical force, even fraud and many other things are A-moral.
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> It is the person who employs the tool that can do so for
> 'good/bad'
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> For example, a gun can be used in justified defense OR to commit
> unwarrented assault; but it's the person, NOT the gun, that is
> accountable for the morality of their use of the tool. Govt can
> be used to defend OR violates the just rights of persons; but,
> the 'morality' (good/bad) of that use is attributable to PERSONS.
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> Capital (financial, political, human and so on) can be used
> in beneficial enterprises OR to, for example, murder people!
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> A person's morality (good/bad) is their responsibility; that
> can NOT be exported to other things.
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> Libertarian 'public morality' holds that it is 'bad' (immoral)
> for a person to initiate physical force against the person or
> justly held possessions of another person.
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> It is not the force, per se that is immoral; it is choice by
> that person (entity that can have rights/obligations)
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> -Terry Liberty Parker
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian
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