Message from @ETBrooD

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2019-09-28 20:29:22 UTC  

Too much justice or order and there would be too little freedom. Too much freedom and there would be too little justice or order.

2019-09-28 20:29:39 UTC  

Pretty much, Infinite freedom for the individual is obviously impossible but i think what we should have is a sane and orderly society which allows as much freedom as humanly possible while still maintaining that order

2019-09-28 20:29:56 UTC  

I agree

2019-09-28 20:30:23 UTC  

We should go as close as we can to Anarchism and maximum freedom while still maintaining an orderly society

2019-09-28 20:31:08 UTC  

That is basically the libertarian argument, sounds like minarchism to me.

2019-09-28 20:31:29 UTC  

They aren't that different

2019-09-28 20:31:36 UTC  

I used to agree with that position until I started to believe that this fails on a moral level

2019-09-28 20:31:50 UTC  

Practically yes, it can theoretically be done, but the lack of morality is what ruins it.

2019-09-28 20:32:04 UTC  

How so?

2019-09-28 20:32:05 UTC  

So it won't happen unless the according values are taught.

2019-09-28 20:32:51 UTC  

Let's say we have a Libertarian society as i have described and someone doesn't have any morals and just goes out and attacks someone, In that Libertarian society they could be killed in self defence or could be jailed for the crime

2019-09-28 20:32:56 UTC  

Because if you allow for some infringement on freedom as a minarchist, then two things would be true:
1) You want freedom to be infringed upon
2) You want to control the amount of infringement upon freedom

2019-09-28 20:33:12 UTC  

Those two things cannot work together without a specific set of morals

2019-09-28 20:33:17 UTC  

Ethics

2019-09-28 20:33:28 UTC  

We simply maintain laws for basic things

2019-09-28 20:33:41 UTC  

Like murder, Theft, property rights

2019-09-28 20:33:59 UTC  

Besides that and other basic rules you can do what you want essentially

2019-09-28 20:34:09 UTC  

Do you mean fundamental?

2019-09-28 20:34:17 UTC  

Because "basic" implies to me it's simple

2019-09-28 20:34:29 UTC  

Fundamental then

2019-09-28 20:34:52 UTC  

Ok, so how do you do 2) then?

2019-09-28 20:34:53 UTC  

Just the basic rights you have, Right to life, Right to Property, Right to arms

2019-09-28 20:35:05 UTC  

Because the law must have 1)

2019-09-28 20:35:07 UTC  

Through the few laws

2019-09-28 20:35:23 UTC  

The Laws make sure that none of those rights can be broken

2019-09-28 20:35:30 UTC  

Wait

2019-09-28 20:35:40 UTC  

the problem with minimising the state to just the justice system in the modern era is automation.

2019-09-28 20:35:49 UTC  

If someone takes your property and infringes on your property rights you take them to court and potentially jail

2019-09-28 20:35:50 UTC  

The law would make sure that the law breaks none of those rights, sounds like an unanswerable system

2019-09-28 20:36:24 UTC  

The law could obviously break some of those rights temporality and only after a trial

2019-09-28 20:36:31 UTC  

Wait, no

2019-09-28 20:36:34 UTC  

The law can never break a right

2019-09-28 20:36:54 UTC  

Pieces of paper can’t act

2019-09-28 20:37:00 UTC  

If it's a right and the law breaks it, then it's not the law, it's illegitimate

2019-09-28 20:37:01 UTC  

Obviously if you kill someone and are arrested then your right to arms and liberty are temporarily forfeit

2019-09-28 20:37:24 UTC  

Ok, so you mean context

2019-09-28 20:37:51 UTC  

Laws must address the context of you having infringed on someone else's freedom

2019-09-28 20:37:57 UTC  

If someone commits a crime they are not allowed to just walk away in the name of freedom and liberty

2019-09-28 20:38:04 UTC  

Ok, right

2019-09-28 20:38:26 UTC  

They can obviously be detained and their freedom can be temporarily ended

2019-09-28 20:38:44 UTC  

And this is where the problem starts, because obviously it means that an investigation must happen before it can be determined who was in the right and who wasn't