[palo verde]

Hi Aquinas
I was just thinking God gave us free will
and probably man-made law which reflects it
is the most sensible one

libertarianism makes common sense to me --
it carries out the Constitution in spirit and letter
and allows as much free will as possible
Love, Palo

[Aquinasfan]

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)?

[Cultural Jihad]

AqFa> The central problem with libertarianism is that God doesn't give anyone the "right" to do anything intrinsically evil.

PaVe> Hi Aquinas I was just thinking God gave us free will and probably man-made law which reflects it is the most sensible one.

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Everyone has free will, not just criminals and perverts, and it is ludicrous to allege that laws which discourage evil somehow thwart free will. Apparently the jack-booted thugs of the L.P. would discourage the free will of conservatives to decide what kind of a society they are to live in.

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