(June 11, 2015 at 7:44 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:(June 11, 2015 at 6:30 pm)Dystopia Wrote: To be fair, this is only true if (1) You accept human rights exist and find a way to prove there is an objective sect of values (2) If you follow a liberal/libertarian principle of self-determination because there are people like me who see some behaviours as so self-destructive that society should put an end to it - I don't think this is the case for weed though(emphasis is mine)
If self determination is at all important to you, self destruction must be protected. What else is it if not the absolute culmination of self determination. As long as I do not harm others, where is the harm to society if I engage in behavior detrimental to myself?
How do you define harm? Because I could find arguments to make things you've never thought were harmful as harmful. And harmful to whom? To which class of people? Is it merely physical harm that counts? What about psychological damage?
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
