RE: MD When is a society a good society?

From: Paul Turner (paulj.turner@ntlworld.com)
Date: Thu Mar 04 2004 - 15:57:04 GMT

  • Next message: Leland Jory: "Re: MD When is a society a good society?"

    Hello Leland, Platt

    Leland said:
    Actually, individual freedom can be very BAD for society. That's not to
    say that freedom is bad. I'd conjecture that, if individual freedom
    conflicts with a society then the flaw is with that society's static
    value patterns. What's needed is some Dynamic Quality to make the
    society evolve to such a point that the value of individual freedom fits
    harmoniously.

    Paul:
    I think the MOQ makes an interesting contribution to the discussion of
    individual freedom by categorising it according to evolution. With
    respect to your comment above, individual freedom can be separated out
    into biological, social and intellectual freedom. With this
    categorisation in mind we can begin by saying that the MOQ supports
    *intellectual* freedom from the state but not *biological* freedom. This
    is a broad categorisation which needs some filling in, but doing so may
    help bring clarity to a discussion around what constitutes a *good*
    relationship between individuals and government?

    Regards

    Paul

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