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Politics : Libertarian Discussion Forum
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From: TimF7/27/2014 7:21:14 PM
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I've read discussions about people being libertarian for deontological reasons (freedom is a moral good, its wrong to infringe on it, they don't have a right to tell me what to do etc.) vs practical reasons (freedom allows for more wealth creation and human flourishing).

I've always supported it for both. I find infringements on freedom to be both morally wrong and usually practically negative.

I've notice people with different political opinions, relatively statist people, or people, that I disagree (and often those I agree with) that have opinions that don't easily fall in to the statist vs libertarian axis, also tend to think there ideas are both the right thing to do and produce the best practical results.

What might be interesting (if not nearly as common) are cases where people think the best practical results are produced by something they see as immoral, or even a violation of someone's rights, and how they decide between principle and practicality.

Can anyone name a case where they had this conflict. Where you had a strong sense of what was right in some political controversy but it conflicted with what you thought was practical.

Note I'm not talking about what's politically practical, what can get passed. I'm certainly not looking for "this is right, but those a-holes on the other side won't let it pass".
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