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> From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Trent Shipley
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:23 PM
> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
> Subject: Re: Br!n: Libertarian Morality--Up with good King John, down
> withRo
Of course, I knew there was another strain in libertarianism that was
based in morality. This was an ideological commitment to maximize
individual freedom. Basically Aleister Crowley's "Harm no one and do
what thou wilt", with the "harm no one" clause being
optional--particularly when doing bus
That falls in with IAAMOAC. There are dues to pay when you are a member.
-- Matt
- Original Message
From: David Hobby
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2009 5:11:02 PM
Subject: Re: Br!n: Libertarian Morality--Up with good King John, down with
Ro
Trent Shipley wrote:
...
The moral principle that "taxes are theft" suffers from a similar
limitation. Logically taxes ARE theft.
Newspeak!
I stand behind this. When theft is understood as any taking, except as
punishment, then taxes are logically a form of theft. It's a logical
While writing this I tried to imagine how a certain kind of libertarian
thought about the world. It is a shallow exercise in participant
observation. To appreciate what I wrote you must at least partially
empathize with our libertarian subject.
Nick Arnett wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:42 P
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Trent Shipley wrote:
>
> It started me thinking about the bases of libertarianism and American
> conservatism. Previously when I had thought of libertarianism, I had
> not thought of it as particularly based in a moral principle.
Good for you... it's not, IMO.
