Freedom

Is it ethical to sacrifice some personal freedom for safety?

For

Security protects lives and social order.

Against

Freedom lost for safety is hard to get back.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Basic security comes with so little and so irrelevant infringements to my personal freedom
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  • We give up freedom for safety all the time.
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Against

  • when you give up freedom for security, eventually you will have neither
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  • Freedom, because safety is something you give yourself, freedom is something that can be taken from you.
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