By definition the victim of a crime has not chosen to be a victim. If someone chooses to be a victim of a crime then there is no crime since everyone is a willing participant. We live in a liberal society if we are able to safely refuse all market offers. The difference between an illegal offer and a legal offer is that we can refuse legal offers. No company has the right to impose its services on the customer. And it is this principle which gives rise to the concept of democracy. We assume that if the people have a right to choose and refuse their leaders then the government will be more liberal and less oppressive to the people. The people will by definition choose what is in their best interests and the outcome will be liberal. We know that people will choose liberalism because liberalism is defined by what remains when unwanted things have been refused. So democracy is liberal and provides freedom.
Democracy is an objective virtue because it gives the people the right to refuse their government. This is objectively virtuous because it means that the government rules by consent.
To live in a truly liberal society means to live without crime because everyone consents to the interactions they are exposed to. To live without crime is objectively virtuous and so then liberalism (and democracy) is objectively virtuous.
No comments:
Post a Comment