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Radar · 08-13-2005, 04:41 PM

Epistemology is the basis for many philosophies, but not all, and maybe not even most. Libertarianism is an ethical philosophy, not a philosophy that searches for meaning or knowledge. There are many types of philosophy and you're trying to compare apples to oranges. Not all philosophies are about the quest for truth or the nature of knowledge.

One does not have a "responsibility to society". One has a responsibility to themselves. The term "society" refers to a collection of individuals. Society has no rights. Only individuals do. Society isn't owed anything.

The rights of a single person are equal to those of all other people on earth combined.

Nobody on earth has the legitimate right to initiate force against others (especially for political gain or social engineering), but they do have the right to use force against those who have initiated it against them.

08-13-2005, 04:41 PM	#257
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Epistemology is the basis for many philosophies, but not all, and maybe not even most. Libertarianism is an ethical philosophy, not a philosophy that searches for meaning or knowledge. There are many types of philosophy and you're trying to compare apples to oranges. Not all philosophies are about the quest for truth or the nature of knowledge. One does not have a "responsibility to society". One has a responsibility to themselves. The term "society" refers to a collection of individuals. Society has no rights. Only individuals do. Society isn't owed anything. The rights of a single person are equal to those of all other people on earth combined. Nobody on earth has the legitimate right to initiate force against others (especially for political gain or social engineering), but they do have the right to use force against those who have initiated it against them. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin Last edited by Radar; 08-13-2005 at 04:46 PM.