You are wrong in that. Anarchy comes from people thinking they have the freedom not to follow rules. When they think that stepping over the line is right simply because they cannot see the reason for the existence of the line. The line must be enforced often enough so people obey it. For people are stupid and often do not want to see reason. The cow also learns that it cannot break the line when it encounters the force of the electric fence. It will then, at least for a while, obey the rules.suomynona.yllatot wrote: ↑Mon Aug 20, 2018 1:13 pm
And this is what leads to anarchy, if you ever read the likes of Dostoevsky, Plato, etc. What happens when the rules are rules and people obey them without questioning or expressing their views? What do you think? Should the "mere" guards during the WWII be punished? After all, they were just following the "rules". As I said, I agree, safety is mandatory! I am not downplaying that at all.
BTW, even the police understand that. They usually subtract a certain number from the indicated speed, to ensure that the law is not in absolute stupidity and a mockery! E.g. absolute would be a fine at 61, when the speed is 60.
I do not care about philosophers dead two and a half millennia, or even for those gone some decades. Society changes. These are the rules now. You have free will, and this means you have the freedom to break the rules. Society will punish you for it, as these are the rules agreed upon in a system based on democracy. Feel free to vote. Feel free to stand for election. Feel free to break the rules heavily, and you will find that prisons are a wonderful place for philosophy.
The reason a certain number is subtracted from the speed measured by a speed camera is not a philosophical one. It is simply to accommodate the measuring inaccuracy of the device. That is where the line is drawn.