Making The World A Better Place

[Dtris]

Any change which is primarily motivated by genuine love for others will eventually lead to a better world.

I so agree. I think there is space for both the acceptance and love of the world as it is, and the pursuit of ideals in hopes they manifest more and more.

I believe freedom is one of the highest manifestations of love. There is supposed to be a saying, if you like a flower you pick it and take it home, if you love a flower, you leave it. Changes which increase freedom of the individual will be the most beneficial in the long run.

Individual freedom is a very high ideal for me as well. However how do the other ideals of commitment, duty and protection sit within this picture? Aren't there cases where love is also expressed by the limitations that we put on our individual freedoms?

Are you voluntarily relinquishing a freedom for someone else or do you not have a choice?

It is acceptable to stop a child from playing with an electrical socket. They can't understand the danger. When the child becomes able to understand, is it still right to limit them against their will? What people miss is that the "freedoms" people will voluntarily give up now, are things they would not choose to do given their free will choice to begin with. Most people don't mind being searched for weapons at an airport, since they would not carry a weapon on a plane to begin with. A few do choose to carry weapons for self defense and would never use one otherwise, and would not voluntarily be searched for weapons. Another even smaller few would not want to be searched because they want to have their weapons and use them on the vulnerable, they will then still find ways around the searches.