From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Mon Apr 29 2002 - 21:02:34 MDT
Damien writes
> It has been found that raising children in cruel and painful circumstances
> sometimes increases their IQ and artistic abilities significantly over that
> of their siblings, sometimes to genius levels....
> Even if you find this personally abhorrent, do you as a libertarian feel
> that it would be wrong to prevent other people's children having the benefit
> of such treatment?
It's almost irrestible to mind the business of others, but yes,
I'd disapprove of meddling. Such use of force invariably
proceeds from the assumption that we know better than others,
and, since they obviously lack the good judgment with which we
are so gifted, we must intercede by force after persuasion has
failed.
Lee
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