Here is an article my mother shared to me when I was discussing how the libertarian idea of freedom/liberty is not the same as the conservative view (what I take to be that, at least).
This is a subject that comes up to me all the time- the question of whether we should just do as we please if it doesn't harm anyone else, and therefore we shouldn't tell others not to do as they please because it won't harm us. But how can one know, not being omniscient, that it doesn't harm anyone else? And does this really work in a society- will the society remain orderly, or will there be chaos? Is it good for us to think this way, and is it good for us to merely do whatever we please if we can't see there are any negative consequences? And the circle goes around again- how can we know there are no negative consequences to us? It is exactly the kind of reasoning a child would use that we teach them out of at least in more obvious circumstances, but consider how we may be just as much children in more adult matters (as we grow, our responsibilities grow with us).
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