{"title": "The Danger Of Good Intentions", "timestamp": 1683364878.860784, "description": "Paternalism - a world view that states that sometimes forcing a person against their freedom, if for their own good, is acceptable. A good example is the collapsing bridge thought experiment. A bridge is about to collapse and you know it for certain. You advertise this fact so people will not go onto the bridge. You put signs. You tell people about it. But somebody still walks toward the bridge with what looks like an intention to cross it anyway. You show that person the signs. No response. You yell at the person \"The bridge is about to collapse!\". No response either. You realize that the person probably doesn't even speak English. Is it okay to force this person, to reduce his freedom, and force him out of the bridge?", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. 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That doesn't mean freedom is \"bad\", but it rather means people need to accept some things when they are free. One of those things is responsibility. "}, {"username": "blenderdumbass", "text": "@Erwinjitsu so are you saying something along the lines of: Paternalism is more convenient than Freedom and a lot of people would rather prefer it?"}, {"username": "alkyilcycloalke", "text": "Freedom is the ability to direct yourself with no actual intentional interference from other sentient beings. This, by definition, requires a sense of self. Since children have a limited degree of self, but increases as they age, they should have paternalism (from their parents) that lessens by degree until they are of an age of sufficient reason and self. The true problem is when authority figures can lessen their guidance when the person is gaining reason. Civil authorities are notoriously terrible at this, which is why it usually is best to keep this guidance of youngsters to the family unit, since that is where they are best known and evaluated by the parent(s). \r\n\r\nThis could be interpreted as why a family takes the responsibility of a child's actions. \"He or she raised their child terribly, thats why he curses so much in school.\" They generally don't blame the child as much when they are younger, like 4 to 8. The parents are responsible, since they are the ones shouldering the child's freedom till he is sentient enough. \r\n\r\nThat being said, once a person has reached an age of sufficient reason to operate normally and safely in society, they should have reached freedom. "}, {"username": "blenderdumbass", "text": "@alkyilcycloalke I strongly disagree. If freedom was not important for children as young as new born babies, we wouldn't have laws prohibiting hitting children. An act of violence is an act of control over the other person's body. And therefor is not good. Countries without freedom like Russia have no such laws, since the country doesn't know what freedom is. Look at the other freedom, privacy! Child pornography is not good since it's a violation of a child's privacy. And therefor child's freedom. In such countries as Russia, storing such privacy violating material is not illegal. But in democracies you cannot be a dictator to the child in your house. Because the child should have the freedom!"}]}, "tab": "articles", "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/The_Danger_Of_Good_Intentions"}