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Morality is a question of whether or not something "should" be done.

Its fine to say something is valuable and "this is how something gets done". Those are evaluations of Economic Value. Economic Value is Subjective Truth, Morality is Objective Truth. There is a difference.

NAP and any other relativistic moral perspective cannot say something "should" be the case just by itself, due to its lack of absolute Moral Truth.

I agree NAP is how Prosperity comes about due to greater production than consumption, purely from not taking other people's stuff. Being a productive person does not mean they are a Moral person.

Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should do it. AnCap is a Legal framework that requires a Moral framework to underpin it, otherwise its merely "I prefer this rather than that"

Objectivity != Observable

Legality != Morality

sommerfeld 1y ago

You can't ensure everyone follows the same moral code without violating NAP

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Chrys 1y ago

This is why Decentralization is a thing. Go to a jurisdiction that socially share your morals. We do this today.

I'm not hanging out near drug dens during the day. I'm not trying to find friends at the local pub, since I'm not a drinker.

If hippies want to have their socialism commune, buy some land and farm all day. I don't care. The point is that I can justify an AnCap viewpoint, secular AnCaps cannot.

sommerfeld 1y ago

That is exactly what I claimed/defended in my OP.

Chrys 1y ago

Its not the same, the OP is arguing that whatever is socially acceptable in an area is what "is moral"

I'm saying, if people want to live a certain way, moral or immoral, go do your own thing. I'll be a part of my community and if you want to be a part of it, develop Virtues.

sommerfeld 1y ago

My issue with it is that you can never be sure to be following the One True objective morality. So even if it exists, it hardly matters since everyone would interpret it subjectively.