Monday, December 17, 2007

3 questions

The three most important philosophical questions about taxes and domestic policy:

Question 1: If it is right (or if you prefer, moral) for the government to use force to take money from some people and give it to other people, then shouldn't we endorse as much of such taking as possible?

Question 2: If it is wrong, or immoral, for the government to use force to take money from some people and give it to other people, then shouldn't we endorse as little of such taking as possible?

Question 3: If, as I believe, it is right, or moral, for people to help the poor and sick, and if it is wrong to use force to accomplish this, then isn't voluntary charity the only way out of the moral dilemma?