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If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?


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What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.

What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.



Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded.

Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded.



The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket.

The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket.



The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does.

The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does.



Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good.

Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good.



It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing.

It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing.



But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.

But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.



Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.

Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.



Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others.

Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others.



Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves.

Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves.





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This is where the will to grapple with our hard and pressing environmental problems begins: in relationship to something other that you love beyond any utility, beyond any logic.

This is where the will to grapple with our hard and pressing environmental problems begins: in relationship to something other that you love beyond any utility, beyond any logic.



I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.

I think most working relationships could benefit by excluding personal matters from the office chatter.



Not long ago, when I was a student in college, just flying an airplane seemed a dream. But that dream turned into reality.

Not long ago, when I was a student in college, just flying an airplane seemed a dream. But that dream turned into reality.



Since we are an inextricable part of the field of consciousness, we are also infinitely creative, unbounded, and eternal.

Since we are an inextricable part of the field of consciousness, we are also infinitely creative, unbounded, and eternal.



Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you.

Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you.



Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.

Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.



To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil with evil is evil.

To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil with evil is evil.



If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.

If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.



The road to salvation is through truth.

The road to salvation is through truth.




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