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[Jim Allman <jim AT ibang.com>]

On Apr 18, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
> I don't know what you mean by "liberty" in this case.

Yes, this seems less about liberty in any sense that I understand the 
word, and more about a government interest in subsidizing (rewarding) 
behavior with positive outcomes for society. And about that magic word 
"marriage", which is unfortunately tangled in up the policy discussion.

I too would be interested to see if someone's managed to rank different 
types of family in utilitarian terms. Or perhaps we could skip the 
generalizations about "typical" families of any stripe, and just reward 
positive behaviors. But what? Raising successful, self-sufficient 
children seems pretty rewarding already, and vice versa.

I do agree with Lee that shame--the hairy eyeball--is valuable, and 
that we shouldn't encourage people to be so utterly thick-skinned that 
they don't feel its sting. (I also believe that it's best reserved for 
truly crappy and deserving behavior.)

  =jimA=

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