libertarianism
About us
An open, user owned community for the general disscussion of the libertarian philosophy.
- Libertarianism is the belief that each person has the right to live his life as he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others.
- Libertarians defend each person’s right to life, liberty, and property.
- In the libertarian view, voluntary agreement is the gold standard of human relationships.
- If there is no good reason to forbid something (a good reason being that it violates the rights of others), it should be allowed.
- Force should be reserved for prohibiting or punishing those who themselves use force.
Most people live their own lives by that code of ethics. Libertarians believe that that code should be applied consistently, even to the actions of governments, which should be restricted to protecting people from violations of their rights. Governments should not use their powers to censor speech, conscript the young, prohibit voluntary exchanges, steal or “redistribute” property, or interfere in the lives of individuals who are otherwise minding their own business.
Source: https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/what-is-libertarianism
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We are a libertarian community. There are no restrictions regarding different stances on the political spectrum, but all posts should be related to the philosophy of libertarianism.
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Gosh, I can't believe I'm typing this, because I find the topic of child abuse horrendous, heinous and disgusting.
But I don't think your argument against it is enough. There are couples who consensually roleplay stuff like rape, murder, necrophilia, sex slavery... aren't we encouraging these behaviors if we allow them too?
And I don't want to think of the things people do to sex dolls, which are perfectly legal to own, in their privacy of their own homes.
The AI part, I can agree if said AI was trained with actual illegal material (yuck!)
But banning dolls? There has to be a better argument than "because it's morally wrong."
Again, I reject child abuse 100%.
Now, if you excuse me, I'll go take a shower.
I totally agree with you. I don't even want to know what people do in their private spaces. But if the training of an AI or anything similar caused real harm it should be strictly prosecuted even more if it comes to abusing children.
Nevertheless, I cannot support a ban that is based on personal attitudes and emotions and imposed on others. There are opinions and actions that I deeply detest and yet would not condemn as long as no one is harmed in any way in the process.
I feel disgusting sounding like I'm protecting them, but the fact is its not a choice, only acting upon it is and many dont. Give them an out that doesn't harm others, that stops them seeking elsewhere, and make sure they have a way to get help to change.
You saying porn doesn't hurt anyone?
Different argument - discussion is what it may contain, are people harmed or affected, and is it morally justifiable. Whether or not porn itself is harmful us a completely different discussion.
When you remove individual responsibility from actions by blaming inanimate objects you do not believe in an individualist ideology.
Do you really think everyone's responsible enough? Let's not get in idealistic assumptions when we're talking about this kind of content
I think its not my place to dictate what's better for others
My brother in Christ, it's Child p* we're talking about
Yes its disgusting- but being disgusting should not be a crime. Acting in ways that harm people is. I also think gore videos are disgusting- do you think AI generated gore videos should be illegal? Obviously killing someone IRL is harming someone, raping a child IRL is harming someone. Someone having sick imaginary fantasies isn't.