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Question: The right to individual autonomy is important, even if it threatens collective security.
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Agree
 
#2
Usually Agree
 
#3
Neutral
 
#4
Usually Disagree
 
#5
Disagree
 
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Mopsus
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E: 0.71, S: -1.65

« on: March 12, 2012, 04:28:17 PM »

I have considerable difficulty responding to general philosophical statements like this, so could someone provide me with a scenario in which individual autonomy actually threatens collective security?
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Mopsus
MOPolitico
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Political Matrix
E: 0.71, S: -1.65

« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2012, 06:21:19 PM »

Thanks, guys. I consider society a collection of individuals working together to accomplish things that can be done better collectively than individually, so while society is justified in preventing people from doing things that might endanger the welfare of others, it must first be established beyond a shadow of a doubt that the encroachment upon individual freedom will indeed improve the collective, and the encroachment must not curb certain basic rights. In other words, it depends upon the situation. I guess that my answer to the question should be "neutral", then?
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