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Crackpot or ...
http://www.progress.org/2006/fold468.htm
.... Educational and reformist movements which have promoted liberty and justice have focused mostly on economics, civil liberties, war and peace, and foreign policy, with relatively little analysis and discussion of the rights of children and how to apply liberty and justice within families. The greatest tyranny can come from family life, so this conference is an opportunity to bring family issues into the constellation of free-society thought. What are the natural rights of the child? By natural moral law, as expressed by the universal ethic, children are persons endowed with moral rights equal to those of adults. Because young children do not have the knowledge, experience, and judgment to be fully autonomous - to choose all their actions - their parents and guardians have the moral authority to direct and guide children. But that does not make children the slaves of the authorities. ... -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin (or someone else) |
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