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  • Moral or Immoral Government

    12/08/2010 4:26:47 AM PST · by Kaslin · 13 replies · 1+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | December 8, 2010 | Walter E. Williams
    Immorality in government lies at the heart of our nation's problems. Deficits, debt and runaway government are merely symptoms. What's moral and immoral conduct can be complicated, but needlessly so. I keep things simple and you tell me where I go wrong. My initial assumption is that we each own ourselves. I am my private property and you are yours. If we accept the notion that people own themselves, then it's easy to discover what forms of conduct are moral and immoral. Immoral acts are those that violate self-ownership. Murder, rape, assault and slavery are immoral because those acts violate...
  • Liberty: a unified field theory

    09/16/2002 11:56:43 AM PDT · by logician2u · 33 replies · 462+ views
    Orange County Register ^ | Sept. 15, 2002 | Alan Bock
    <p>Senior Editorial Writer.</p> <p>The last in a weekly series of 12 essays about aspects of liberty. All 12 essays can be found on our Web site.</p> <p>Nat Hentoff, whose columns the Register sometimes runs, titled his 1980 book on the history of free speech in America "The First Freedom."</p>