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'Being and Time', 'On Liberty' and 'Elements of the Philosophy of Right'
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 1. Slavery
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Slaves have no duties because they have no rights [Hegel]
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Slaves are partly responsible for their own condition [Hegel]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
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Liberty arises at the point where people can freely and equally discuss things [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
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True liberal freedom is to pursue something, while being free to cease the pursuit [Hegel, by Houlgate]
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People assume they are free, but the options available are not under their control [Hegel]
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Utilitarianism values liberty, but guides us on which ones we should have or not have [Mill, by Wolff,J]
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Mill defends freedom as increasing happiness, but maybe it is an intrinsic good [Wolff,J on Mill]
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True freedom is pursuing our own good, while not impeding others [Mill]
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Individuals are not accountable for actions which only concern themselves [Mill]
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Blocking entry to an unsafe bridge does not infringe liberty, since no one wants unsafe bridges [Mill]
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Pimping and running a gambling-house are on the border between toleration and restraint [Mill]
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Restraint for its own sake is an evil [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 6. Political freedom
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Freedom requires us to submit to a family, or a corporation, or a state [Hegel, by Houlgate]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
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Money is the best way to achieve just equality [Hegel]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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Rights imply duties, and duties imply rights [Hegel]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights
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Man has an absolute right to appropriate things [Hegel]
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Because only human beings can own property, everything else can become our property [Hegel]
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A community does not have the property-owning rights that a person has [Hegel]
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The owner of a thing is obviously the first person to freely take possession of it [Hegel]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / a. Right to punish
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Society can punish actions which it believes to be prejudicial to others [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars
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Wars add strength to a nation, and cure internal dissension [Hegel]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 3. Welfare provision
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Benefits performed by individuals, not by government, help also to educate them [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education
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Children need discipline, to break their self-will and eradicate sensuousness [Hegel]
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We need individual opinions and conduct, and State education is a means to prevent that [Mill]
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion
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It is a crime to create a being who lacks the ordinary chances of a desirable existence [Mill]
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