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From: walker@oberon.UUCP (Mike Walker)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: The Principle of Non-interference
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Date: Sun, 6-Oct-85 04:19:13 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct  6 04:19:13 1985
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> >>>There is a problem with the principle of non-interference as a basis
> >>>for morality: it is insufficient.  There are a great many cases where
> >>>there is an interaction between two or more people, where it is not
> >>>clear whether interference has taken place, or who has interfered with
> >>>whom. [WINGATE]
> 
> >>As I understand it, "interference" in recent discussions means curtailing
> >>another's freedoms. Since no man is an island, the principle of 
> >>non-interference is presented as one of minimizing the curtailment of
> >>another's freedoms. [HOULAHAN]
> 
> > In that case, though, all of the moral system is embedded in the evaluations
> > one makes to decide which freedom to keep and which to curtail. [WINGATE]
> 
> You got it!  The most freedom availble while still protecting the interests
> of all people from non-interference is, in fact, the minimal morality of
> minimal necessary restrictions!  (Thank you!)
> -- 
> Meanwhile, the Germans were engaging in their heavy cream experiments in
> Finland, where the results kept coming out like Swiss cheese...
> 				Rich Rosen 	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr	

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yet another late posting from mike walker....

Rich, how do derive that all people have a right to be protected?
That is an active right, which others must work (read slave) supply,
not a passive right, which only limits the behavior of others.

-- 
Michael D. Walker (Mike)
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