Do you have one, Gary?
You can think you are an immortal soul made in the image of a god, a computer simulation, a conduit for hegemonic discourses,
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a biological organism which possesses the illusion of self or a completely autonomous individual constrained by nothing. IDC.
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To live together, we need to let ppl believe what they want & penalise only actions which cause demonstrable harm to others.
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Conscience as something to which we're privy, e.g our inner deliberations on right & wrong. This (& tax) seem to feature in liberal history
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They feature in every history, don't they?
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I think so, yes. Esp. around tin 17th century Britain.
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Absolutely. This was led by puritans tho, rather than liberals. Not that keen on individuality.
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Well, I think they were, tbh, but they didn't think they were.
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Liberalism does seem to be rooted historically in arbitration between monarchy vs. landowners/merchants, and Church vs. Nonconformists.
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Areopagitica is a good example of this (tho Milton didn't extend it to catholics & atheists obv - baby steps)
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Yes it is. Areopagitica and Mills 'On Liberty' need to be read on some american campuses. In the style of the riot act
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