tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post1450193776530030533..comments2023-07-11T07:15:18.714-04:00Comments on The Ultimate Adventure: Society is not a Volitional EntitySylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06221464682706193091noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-9140139288363040032007-08-03T10:50:00.000-04:002007-08-03T10:50:00.000-04:00There seems to be two issues that we are at odds w...There seems to be two issues that we are at odds with here: that meaning of "society" and the capacity for "society" to act "as a volitional entity".<BR/><BR/>You define society "a collection of individuals with a common end." Using this defintion you imply that if people do not share common ends, they are not in society together. Thus each individual acts wholly for himself in all things:<BR/>Andy Bodohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025144744898580423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-1215700891197268852007-08-02T17:01:00.000-04:002007-08-02T17:01:00.000-04:00The unicorn/state doesn't gore you. A government d...The unicorn/state doesn't gore you. A government does. And it's immoral when it does it. (Conscription, "eminent domain," taxation, etc.).https://www.blogger.com/profile/01714070136249395568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-35429894045796099252007-08-02T16:49:00.000-04:002007-08-02T16:49:00.000-04:00Well, if a unicorn could really gore you, wouldn't...Well, if a unicorn could really gore you, wouldn't you say it is more than just an idea?Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06221464682706193091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-87240007697680251112007-08-02T16:39:00.000-04:002007-08-02T16:39:00.000-04:00The State is the homogenous, nebulous mixture of i...The State is the homogenous, nebulous mixture of individuals, societies and government. It's merely an idea, kind of like a unicorn. A unicorn that can gore you whenever it feels like it, because it has a magical morality..https://www.blogger.com/profile/01714070136249395568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-1012598130851516102007-08-02T16:32:00.000-04:002007-08-02T16:32:00.000-04:00State? What state? Do you mean those buffoons in...State? What state? Do you mean those buffoons in funny looking clothes that are all the same?<BR/><BR/>Esto vir liber<BR/><BR/>The state is an idea, a moral decay, a violation of the dignity of persons. There can only be one morality, to say that one man may live by a different moral code is to say that that man is a superman and the others are not men at all.Vixi et vivohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14689731198284466104noreply@blogger.com