Ask HN: Does each individual have a social duty to better themselves?

Re:Ask HN: Does each individual have a social duty to better... by consilience on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:52AM (#25059342)

No. The only social duty one has is to govern oneself and cause no harm. All else is nuance.

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Re:Ask HN: Does each individual have a social duty to better... by desertraven on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @05:30PM (#25063788)

Could you elaborate more on governing oneself?

If you mean controlling ones thoughts and actions - does this rule out being impulsive/reflexive and thus not governing oneself?

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Re:Ask HN: Does each individual have a social duty to better... by consilience on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:36AM (#25069151)

I mean truly exercising freedom - which is the ability to govern oneself. All we can really control is ourselves. Sure, one could be impulsive/reflexive and even reactive, so long as it doesn’t impinge on anyone else’s freedom to govern themselves.

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