Re: Politics and morality

Marvin Edwards wrote:

> "Lucien Saumur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > The "dot ca" at the end of my e-mail address stands for Canada which has
> something deemed to be a constitution. <
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> And are you a citizen of Canada, or just visiting?
>

I am a Canadian citizen and have been all my life.

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>  The role of the humanist is to propose the kind of society that
> would best allow the individuals to pursue their personal purposes. <
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> But there is a universal human purpose: to live, to live well, and to help
> others to live well. Life is our purpose.
>

To help others is not a universal purpose.

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>  Rent and
> taxes are owed by agreement.

If the state decides to raise the taxes or to impose a new tax, does it have to
rewrite the agreement or is there a blanket agreement that the state may take
whatever it wants, which would mean, in the end, that all the people's property
belong to the state?

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> > In the end, there is only one reason to be just which is that another has
> the power to compel one to be just. <
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> But how does that other come by the power, if not by convincing others that
> his claim is just and right.

Power comes from a combination of strength, weapons, intelligence, knowledge and
strategic position.