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Then it's arguably not a universal axiom, since it's not a universal good they are pursuing. This is sort of the difference between a private good and a common good. My being a good parent is different from your being a good parent. But the common good of (say) winning the battle is the same for...

By your logic, parents don't have a duty. After all... Unless you can say that everyone has a duty to raise a particular child, nobody has a duty to raise that particular child.

So parents don't have a duty to raise their children?

This is a difference between us, and it has nothing to do with my grasp of logic. It has everything to do with the premises. You seem to be arguing that "all common goods must be common to all of humanity, or else they aren't common." Is this a correct interpretation of your argument? If it is...

There exists within traditional philosophy the idea of the moral person (as opposed to the physical person). While a physical person is an individual human being, a moral person is a society of human beings organized in such a way that they have a common end and some of the rights and duties...

I believe that this post talks about the relationship people should have with the state. The kind of individualism that I rail against is not one that merely says "individuals have moral responsibility." Rather, individualism denies that the individual has moral responsibilities to the...

Your argument is: If you reject liberalism, then you must reject the idea that individuals have moral responsibility. Why should I accept this? Why can I not reject individualism and still hold that individuals have moral responsibility? Do you have an argument for this, or is this you...

It was, objectively speaking, an usurpation. You can support it or reject it, but it was what it was. An objective analysis of what happened indicates that liberalism was the result of a power grab. That's a different topic from whether or not it was a good thing or not. So, do you believe that...

Because virtue is something acquired through habitual practice, and it's not some exact quantitative thing one can measure either.

What I was actually saying in that quote that you have misinterpreted accidentally is 1) you are conflating technological progress with political progress and 2) even if I did want feudalism (which I don't!), it doesn't necessitate returning to medieval standards of technology, as the article...

No, I don't think it's a positive thing that tech oligarchs are going to create neo-feudalism. You misread what I wrote.

I'd like to promote this thread for everyone wanting to talk about positive solution.

You can't genetically engineer virtue though.

Hm... I actually have a problem with aristocracies of virtue. Because that's essentially what we have now, if you think about it. Or at least, that's what our modern-day egalitarians have created (since every attempt to destroy formal hierarchies creates informal ones). Virtue is something that...

And wow, you expect me to take your critiques seriously, yet you post things like this? When did I say I wanted tech barons of Silicon Valley to become the new aristocrats? Perhaps you are correct. This post is entirely negative: pointing out flaws rather than offering positive alternatives. I...

Okay, wow, I think that this thread has certainly devolved into you guys just strawmanning my position and getting away from the fundamental problems I see with individualism while changing the topic to "see if I can't twist Lovely's words into something that fits whatever I hate." The entire...

I don't appreciate you talking down to me like I'm some child, Hastur. As far as you know, we're the same age. Nor did I ever imply that the modern day doesn't have its good points. Nor did I ever express a desire for utopia. So your "advice" doesn't really do much. It just comes across as...

Yeah, I'm still not convinced you're right on this. And you fail to realize: all of the problems we have today can be blamed on how we went away from this kind of society. The problems I pointed out with individualism are real, even if my positive solution to them has flaws. Or do you deny this?

Tacit consent is covered in the book too. The actions of the state make it impossible to tacitly refuse the laws of the state. Compulsory schooling, for instance. That's not an argument. There's clearly a difference between intellectually recognizing some group has authority over you and...

Please explain why communism didn't come about in the history of medieval feudalism, please? There's so much wrong with what you just said, I don't even know where to begin. First, I don't want to recreate feudalism. I'm a communitarian conservative in the vein of someone like Alastair...