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RE: Ideologically Undermining Society. [Part 1] Social Contracts.

in #philosophy7 years ago

The point of that statement is individual natural rights, it's not about Tolerance or Respect outside that point.

I tolerate people I don't respect at all because it's beneficial for me not to infringe on them. That has nothing to do with respect, and everything to do with being able to function on my own apart from others, without having to be infringed upon by any other individual.

Actually you couldn't function on your own, demonstrably and theoretically, and it goes counter with society, to function on your own, each interaction is based in mutual respect of these rights and not in respecting the person, or tolerating the person, but in the mutual respect of their rights and not in a Pact, as that is also a device used to explicit consent, not to imply it. And the P in NAP is not a PACT, it's a PRINCIPLE.

However it differs from those two in the sense that beneficiality takes precedence over aggression being taken out of the equation.

Aggression is implied in all interaction of the state and the oxymoron term social contract that is used to rationalize and defend the state aggression.