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Originally Posted by flacaltenn
Here's the daily rundown on why the concept of simple UNIVERSAL social contract is more complicated than it appears...
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-01/p..._s=PM:POLITICS
Am I HAPPY about this version of "the contract"? Heck no..
ASK folks to voluntarily commit to drug rehab. Offer to pay for counseling and the rehab. That's all that you can do besides catch them using and toss them in jail.. Another not so loving choice eh?
Testing ALL welfare reciepients is a degrading assumption isn't it?
This societal triage thingy ain't as easy as folks imagine.. |
And is something entirely different than the concept of merely good neighbor "social contract" and norms that Merrylander had in mind. The depth and breadth of using social contract theory as justification for government expansion knows no bounds. That is precisely the problem—it is indeed slippery on them thar hills.