(May 18, 2013 at 11:04 am)ideologue08 Wrote: With regards to the gay marriage issue, why do you accept the government mandating who can legally marry? Don’t you think it would be more libertarian to abolish the government’s powers of defining marriage and just allow private institutions such as religions etc. to define marriage. I wouldn’t have a problem with that.I support that idea as well, but whilst government is insistent on being in the marriage business, they should be doing it fairly.
Quote:Of course unequal things can be “right”. The NHS and the UK social welfare runs on progressive taxation, unless you oppose universal healthcare, you must accept that unequal unfair taxation does result in a greater good. Who cares about the golden rule? I don’t, I don’t see why I should. It should not applicable in all circumstances.The NHS and social welfare do not run on progressive taxation. They run on taxation, whether it is progressive or not. There is no reason to think that a flat rate of spending tax would not be able to fund these services, especially with cuts to the ridiculous military budgets and other overspending we have in the UK.
I think the golden rule is applicable in all circumstances. Unless you are a sociopath, why would you want to treat people worse than you would treat yourself, or have people treated worse than you would be treated?
