[extropy-chat] Re: Ethics and evolution

Mike Lorrey mlorrey at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 5 16:17:57 UTC 2005



--- Technotranscendence <neptune at superlink.net> wrote:

> On Monday, September 05, 2005 4:34 AM BillK pharos at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > Libs come across as 'Never give a sucker an even
> > break' types.  And 'They deserve all they get' is
> > common also.
> 
> While true, this is not necessarily a libertarian view.  The real
> problem is what to do in cases of human stupidity.  It's immoral to
> take advantage of it, but it's not always easy to prove that any
> seeming case of taking advantage of it is actually one.  There's
> also the problem that people should just have common sense and we
> can't expect the state to hold everyone's hand through life. 

Don't people have a right to stupidity? To eat fat laden burgers, drink
too much alcohol, take too much drugs, not exercise, smoke cigars, chew
tobacco, have casual sex? By BillK's ethics, selling sugar laden
lemonade at a street corner, or couches and wide screen televisions, is
not morally different from selling anti-ghost pills or land along the
east side of the San Andreas fault.

It is not your place to judge what other people want to buy and
consume. It isn't the place of the state to stop them.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
Founder, Constitution Park Foundation:
http://constitutionpark.blogspot.com
Personal/political blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


	
		
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