Vic, contrary to your prior implication, there is NO contradiction between each person owning themself individually and LEGITIMATE 'social responsibility'
Libertarian UNIVERSAL principle: each person may do as they choose of their own free will EXCEPT initiate, or do a credible threat to initiate, physical force upon the person or justly held possessions of another. That's where universally consistent libertarians 'draw the line' on a person's exercise of freedom; and allegations of automatic 'social responsibility' beyond this are arbitrary usurpation. AlsoSee: Your Freedom & the Rights of Others at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/22990 -Terry Liberty Parker Please see what I wrote in- Aggressors Promote LIMITED 'Libertarianism' at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/49619 --- In [email protected], Vic Cinc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Terry L Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Vic, this is the problem with exporting ownership of self from each > > individual to the collective ownership of people that you're > > advocating: it does not acknowledge the personhood of each individual > > AND it breeds irresponsibility! > > dont agree. you are placing self onwership as a value above > societal responsiblity. all I am saying is the public generally does > not. if the LP wants to acutally have any meaningful participation in > the political system it needs to be representative of what people want. > > and responsiblity need not include collective ownership. helmet laws do > not enforce collective ownership, rather punitive means for stupid > behavior. > > Vic > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
