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Old Oct 23, 2007, 02:27 pm   #2 (permalink) (top)
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"A man's beliefs [are] his own affair, so long as they [do] not interfere with the liberty of others."
-Arthur C. Clarke
I put this in the Philosophy section because I want to avoid this being about politics or government.

I want to debate the meaning of liberty as a philosophical concept.

As it relates to many topics currently active on VC and the quote above, the question up for debate is this:

Are you interfering with the liberty of others when you try to force them to have more liberty than they are willing or able to accept?
How does one "force" someone else to have more liberty?


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