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Comment author: Caledonian2 05 July 2008 01:13:57PM 3 points [-]

Justice. Without liberty there cannot be full justice.

Please re-read Machiavelli's Discourses: you will find he answers these questions beautifully.

You are ALL violating the primary commandment of reasoned argument: Thou Shall Operationally Define Your Terms.

I ask for explanations, and you give me labels. How am I supposed to know what you mean by the label? How is anyone else supposed to? I'm sure everyone will be in favor of 'justice', but everyone will attach a different meaning to the term, and be in favor of their own private interpretation above others'.

Don't Taboo the word. You'll just replace one word with another. Provide an operational definition.