Hendrik Boom wrote:
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 11:14:24AM +0800, Katipo wrote:Any government, that usurps the right of an individual to: make his/er own decision on his own personal existence; to make the wrong decision; and to suffer by it, is not a democratic institution, and fails in its function immediately.Does it matter if others also suffer because if the decision of the individual?
Of course it does. This is what social law is 'supposed' to redress.What must also be born in mind while doing so, however, is the degree to which 'the others' chose to be affected by said individual. They have the right to bear the natural consequences of their personal decisions also.
Positive or negative.