Re: [Fsuk-manchester] the non-free neighbour asking for help dilemma

[Dave Crossland]

2008/5/16 Noah Slater <address@hidden>:
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:43:39AM +0100, Dave Crossland wrote:
>> people [...] are willing to pay for [OS X ...] with [...] freedom.
>
> You talk of freedom as if there is only one type.
>
> Perhaps the people you are thinking of like the freedom to run OS X software

That's a convenience, not a freedom.

> What I think you meant to say is that they traded the freedoms they didn't 
> value
> for some other freedoms that they did value. Seems reasonable to me.

They traded freedoms they valued less for conveniences they valued
more. Seems foolish to me :-)

I'm thinking about the nature of moral absolutism, thanks for the
challenging and enjoyable discussion Noah :-)

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Dave

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