| Re: Questioning Secrecy As Taboo & State Control of Personal Freedom |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: ZerkonXZerkonX Date: Sep 12, 2008 06:59
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:54:14 -0700, Immortalist wrote:
> It is to lead men to live by, and
> to exercise, a free reason; that they may not waste their strength in
> hatred, anger and guile, nor act unfairly toward one another. Thus the
> end of the state is really liberty.
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> Freedom is the goal of the state because the function of the state is
> to promote growth
An Orthodox American may not agree here.
Their position might be:
Men will lead themselves to reason with no help from the state, thanks
anyway. The state is one product of that reason.
The end of the state is not liberty. Liberty is a human property at
birth. A right of birth. The prime directive to the state is non-
interference. To this end government is formed.
The one and only function of the state is to do the bidding of the
governed as the governed think best. It is not freedom, liberty or any
other thing than this.
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