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HamiltonBrae t1_iui4lb2 wrote

no thanks, the idea of freedom is used to justify all sorts of suffering just as much. i dont get why people want to reduce morality to some oversimplified handful of principles. i dont think they ever fully capture people's ideas of morality

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contractualist OP t1_iuk6mzz wrote

The term has a lot of baggage, but it doesn't lead to the conclusion many think it does. Later on in my substack, I'll be making the case for a liberal welfare state with freedom as the foundation.

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