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To: palo verde
In practice, I can agree with a lot of what libertarians believe. But their principles are wrong.

One central belief of libertarianism seems to be that consenting adults have a "right" to do whatever they want to do. Clearly, God doesn't give anyone a right to do something that is evil.

Whether or not specific immoral acts should be illegal is a matter or prudential judgement. Aquinas' principle in outlawing vice was pretty simple. Is the amount of vice reduced by criminalization greater than the amount of vice caused by criminalization (corruption)?

164 posted on 02/01/2002 11:36:24 AM PST by Aquinasfan
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To: Aquinasfan
On the contrary, God from the beginning gave humans the choice -- and the consequence. This is clear from the Biblical account, from the apple story onwards.
172 posted on 02/01/2002 11:38:40 AM PST by steve-b
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