Peter_Twieg comments on The Trouble With "Good" - Less Wrong

83 Post author: Yvain 17 April 2009 02:07AM

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Comment author: Peter_Twieg 17 April 2009 02:43:18PM 0 points [-]

So if the slave were allowed to choose his own level of effort, he would no longer be a slave?

I think you have a point with what you're saying (and I'm predisposed against believing that the taxation/slavery analogy has meaning), but I don't think being a slave is incompatible with some autonomy.

Comment author: CronoDAS 17 April 2009 07:42:21PM *  4 points [-]

I think we'd better kill this discussion before it turns into an "is it a blegg or rube" debate. - the original anarchist's argument falls into at least one of the fallacies on that page, and I suspect my nitpick might do so as well.