The Freedom Scale

The Freedom Scale

One Rule to Rule Them All?

'Me and Mine' by the Brothers Bright for #FreedomMusicFriday

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Christopher Cook
Feb 16, 2024
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Last week, we explored a possibility: can we identify a small number of precept-based rules that would keep the peace in any society? I specified that, for the purposes of that exercise, we were not seeking precepts about how nice one should be, but rather, precepts about what one must not do.

Last May, in an effort to clarify this distinction, I wrote …

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