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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by zozbot234 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @04:42PM (#31148135)
Liberties have always come paired with obligations to one's surrounding community, so there would be nothing new in this. We have a name for pure liberty or "liberation" shorn of any checks or obligations towards others: we call it licence, and every increase in licence is ultimately a step towards bondage and tyranny.
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Re:No one expects young men to do anything and they are resp... by danans on Sunday April 24, 2022 @06:12PM (#31148807)
Those obligations are strong and operational in many places where religion isn't the center of civic life.

There is nothing wrong with religion as a framework for teaching people about their social obligations, but it's hardly the only way to achieve that.

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