| People often reduce their level of liberty for mutual benefit in personal and business relationships. Contracts and agreements shackle us into committments.
What if I became king of the world and decided one day to order all contracts null and void? In other words, if one breaks an agreement, don't come to my court for any recourse.
Furthermore, let's say I impose a "no record keeping" rule on dishonorable activity. No one would be allowed to keep lists of those who habitually broke agreements.
What kind of liberty is this?
Consider a mother. Would one want children with a man hoping he would stick around to help support them or at least finance it if he decided to leave?
Consider ordering merchandise. Would one send a merchant a check hoping that they send the items?
Consider subscription. Would one provide service to a subscriber hoping they will pay the bill?
All of the above options are still available and people have complete liberty to throw caution in the wind, but because there is no security they are wise to limit who they deal with.
So in this case, too much liberty in theory makes options unwise, and therefore reduces liberty in practice.
Is this what you are talking about, ZNFYRH? |