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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
I disagree. Freud discussed the three elements of consciousness. Id, Ego, and Super Ego. We are the only species with a super ego. It allows us to recognize "right" from "wrong". Very few people do not possess this recognition. All others, could choose to follow it (natural law).
To note what Troublebot said, "I can follow natural law, but I don't think others will and thats why we need the government to do all of this" is naive. I don't mean this in a critical way, but I would say that a fundamental tenet of modern political liberalism is the belief that people will not do nice things for others unless the government forces them to. That really is another way of saying, "I don't believe others will follow natural law so I want my government to step in."
Obviously, I don't believe that to be true.
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While you may not have meant it critically, it's hard not to take that way.
While "Love your neighbor as yourself" is well known, so is "Look out for number one." and that's got nothing to do with loving anyone but yourself. Sometimes it seems like a majority of people only care about them and theirs. We need rules, laws and people to enforce them. Maybe I was asleep that day in civics class, but isn't that something a government is suppose to do?
If the bad old government would just step out of the way, everyone would be nice to each other? Now who's being naive?