Thursday, March 26, 2009

There is only one natural duty: to accept the consequences ....

Brilliant post over at Atomic Nerds ....

extract to whet your appetite:

There is no such thing as freedom without responsibility, or responsibility without freedom. You must take them both together or not at all, and if you think you can get away with it otherwise, someone has sold you an illusion and the bill will be coming due shortly. There is only one natural right: to do as you will. There is only one natural duty: to accept the consequences. The rest of society is a negotiation from this starting point, from contract law right on up to the death penalty.


the whole article is definitely worth reading ....

3 comments:

Old NFO said...

Yep- but actually taking responsibility for actions is becoming an anathema in today's society...

Julie said...

true Jim, and IMO that's one of the reasons why there are so many problems - lack of responsibilty and lack of respect.

Old NFO said...

Oh don't get me started on the whole lack of respect thing... :-(