Saturday, July 27, 2013

Explain if you think society should have the right to tell you how to behave on your own time?

I think that society should not have the right to tell you
how to behave on your own time, in your own home, as long as what you are doing does not
harm other people.  This, however, is a very hard line to
draw.


For example, let us look at the issue of adultery. 
Should society ban adultery and punish that crime?  You can say no one is hurt.  But
your spouse will be hurt by your adultery.  And your kids might be hurt by it if the
adultery results in a divorce.  If your kids are hurt by it, society may eventually be
hurt by your private actions if your kids grow up out of control because of the impact
of the divorce.


You can say the same thing about homosexual
behavior.  Some people would say this is completely private.  But others would argue
that this behavior hurts society by eroding the idea that heterosexual relationships are
the norm and the basis of society.


So I would say that
private behavior should not be regulated, but I have to admit it is hard to know for
sure when private behavior affects other people enough to warrant government
intervention.

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