Personal freedom versus public good.
This rather concentrated my thinking today.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/22/chinese-city-yumen-sealed-bubonic-plague-death
Wherein we find that due to an outbreak of bubonic plague, the whole Chinese city of Yumen has been sealed off by the Chinese authorities.
And I came to the conclusion that folks right to freedom of movement can sometimes be curtailed for the good of the majority... i.e. I find myself in agreement with the Chinese authorities, which is not my preferred political position, but nevertheless.
Ergo, I'm fairly sure I'm alone in this opinion.
So as a bit of Friday Lulz, if that's the phrase I'm trying to use inexactly: I wonder if there are any other, maybe less extreme, circumstances in which the panel thinks individual freedoms of some can be curtailed for the good of the many?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/22/chinese-city-yumen-sealed-bubonic-plague-death
Wherein we find that due to an outbreak of bubonic plague, the whole Chinese city of Yumen has been sealed off by the Chinese authorities.
And I came to the conclusion that folks right to freedom of movement can sometimes be curtailed for the good of the majority... i.e. I find myself in agreement with the Chinese authorities, which is not my preferred political position, but nevertheless.
Ergo, I'm fairly sure I'm alone in this opinion.
So as a bit of Friday Lulz, if that's the phrase I'm trying to use inexactly: I wonder if there are any other, maybe less extreme, circumstances in which the panel thinks individual freedoms of some can be curtailed for the good of the many?