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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 09:34:23 EDT
Subject: Liberty

William O'Rights writes in part:
 
>Liberty is the right of individuals to live (or die) as one chooses. 
 
(He implies that we should respect the choice to die.)
 
This is oversimplified. Rational values have the focus on RESULTS, while of  
course recognizing that "principles" must sometimes be respected at the 
expense  of individuals.
 
If you are in the position of making a decision for a dying relative,  should 
you respect his ignorant wishes? Is the "principle" of "liberty" more  
important than the life of the patient? 
 
We often impose our will on children, for their own good. And what good is  

"liberty" (at the conscious level) when your heredity and cultural conditioning
 impose false values? Should you be "free" to act like a lunatic?
 
Sometimes there are no easy answers.
 
Robert Ettinger





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