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My "moral compass" is a combination of individual rights and an objective view of reality.
I believe that people should be able to live their lives however they want as long as they don't infringe on the right of their neighbors to do the same. Sometimes, however, my objective view of reality makes some government involvement in our affairs necessary. I don't want to start a political debate, but I will give an example: the environment. The amount of personal and economic freedom we enjoy will be irrelevant if we poison our planet to the point that we can't breathe the air, drink the water, or go outside on a regular basis without getting cancer. That's why I support some government regulation when it comes to things affecting the environment.
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"I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice." - Friedrich Hayek
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