'free moral agency' is CONSISTENT with universal libertarianism
most humans must, to some extent, transcend part of their
biological heritage:
Female humans in general are BIOLOGICALLY 'optimized' for breeding,
nurturing vulnerable babies & children thru a lengthy (relative)
development into early adulthood, attracting and 'securing'
maintenance and support for her brood; USUALLY by a male who is
powerful enough to be a good 'provider' This is why 'power' is
GENERALLY such an 'aphrodisiac' to breeding age females.
The 'optimal' range of attention is the 'nest' with its 'clients'
to which they are giving 'care' and keeping the provider 'involved'
(committed?)
Male humans who are not sufficiently 'susceptible' to the 'charms'
of 'involvement' in this scenario so that they will risk life
and limb (if need be) in SUCCESSFUL quests for 'provisions'
are less likely to have their genetic dispositions 'promoted' :)
Child humans are already 'natural libertarians' though not yet
mature enough to CONSISTENTLY 'get it right'
If two tykes are fighting in a sandbox, what is the most
probable defense that will be given to the intervening 'care
giver' to 'justify' this physical assault of a 'peer' It will
be something like he/she 'started it' There may be gross
misunderstanding of the situation which thus resulted in a
'self-defense' response. BUT, without having read an entire
library on philosophy, if the tyke can talk, the tyke at least
gets the libertarian 'self-defense' paradigm right.
Now comes one of the most destructive acts to human liberty;
and it is administered by a usually loving caregiver. What is
the most likely utterance by the caregiver who intervenes?
'I don't care who started it, *I'm* telling you to stop'
That 'abstracts' to something like 'your impotent developing
notions of PERSONHOOD (entity with rights & obligations) and
FREE MORAL AGENCY (self actualizing arbiter of right/wrong
behavior by one's self) are null and void. If you want to
prosper (know what's good for you) apply yourself to complying
with AUTHORITY and keeping its favor'
So, now this immature human copes with an internal conflict
between an inherent libertarian nature and an imposed authoritarian
veneer. There is a 'bell curve' distribution in the population
of how it's resolved.
Most will go thru life with partial resolution; thus live in
the central bulk of the 'bell'
Some will shake off the 'conditioning' and live at the libertarian
toe of the bell curve.
Tragically, others will stay retarded and live at the authoritarian
toe of the bell curve.
Of course, a certain amount of compliance to COMPETENT caring
authority is an enhancement to well being for the very young.
If they are lucky, they won't be regarded as 'property' but will
have parents who regard this as 'stewardship' of a developing
human being who is to become a 'free moral agent' and 'person'
in their own right.
Those who are actually CONSISTENT in their practice of universal
libertarianism may be the transcending leading edge of a developing
new life-form (homo-liberates?)
With good humor to all,
-Terry Liberty Parker
ALSO: Please see what I wrote in
'PERSONHOOD: Abortion & beyond'
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/48172
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