mwm@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (01/08/85)
From faustus@ucbcad.UUCP Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 > I think majority rule should do fine. In any case, if the majority want > something, they are going to get it, no matter how right your political > views are... > > Wayne That's one of the points of libertarianism: there is no absolute good, so nobody has the right to force their view on somebody else, including the majority on the minority. Of course, the majority doesn't always get what they want (even in America). Usually, those with the majority of force get what they want no matter what the majority wants. Will this also do fine by you? <mike
pmd@cbscc.UUCP (Paul Dubuc) (01/11/85)
>>From faustus@ucbcad.UUCP Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 >> I think majority rule should do fine. In any case, if the majority want >> something, they are going to get it, no matter how right your political >> views are... >> >> Wayne > >From: mwm@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA >That's one of the points of libertarianism: there is no absolute good, >so nobody has the right to force their view on somebody else, including >the majority on the minority. > >Of course, the majority doesn't always get what they want (even in >America). Usually, those with the majority of force get what they want >no matter what the majority wants. Will this also do fine by you? > > <mike Even if we could be sure that there is no absolute good, it still would not follow that imposition is always unwarrented. It doesn't take an apeal to absolutism to recognise the possibility that some views are better than others. -- Paul Dubuc cbscc!pmd