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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: epicure who wrote (82501)6/21/2000 1:43:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
Not saying I disagree with you, but your solution requires a belief that government has the right to govern private actions to protect individuals.

So you may start with an agreed fact -- ingesting lead can (not necessarily always does, there will always be medical exceptions you can point to, but can or usually does or whatever) -- but what if anything you do about that becomes a matter of what belief system you endorse.

But you then go on to say "I think it is valid for society to make a choice to protect children from lead." That requires belief in a world where society has either a right or obligation to protect children. Not necessarily a given.

A different belief system would say that the proper role of society would be to make people aware of the danger, and leave it up to the parents to decide what to do about it. In fact, certain belief systems would say that it is flatly wrong for government to interfere in the private relationship between tenant and landlord, or homeowner and contractor, to forbit the use of lead based paint.

So in order to pass a law prohibiting me from painting my home with lead-based paint, you have to impose your belief system on me, who may have a totally different belief system.
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