Inspired by a conversation I had elsewhere, the thread topic here is if the government has the moral right to order business closures, stay at home orders, etc. I believe the exact argument raised was something along the lines of if this level of disruption can be justified to save the relative handful of lives at risk, then they can easily use that same logic and public acceptance of it to do any number of far less disruptive things in the name of saving smaller number of people. Something like the governor of IL using a bloody weekend in Chicago or a school shooting to declare a state of emergency over gun violence and mandate gun confiscation, etc.
What are your thoughts?
What are your thoughts?