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From: padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan)
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Subject: Re: The Principle of Non-interference
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 14:07:32 EDT
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> There is a problem with the principle of non-interference as a basis
> for morality: it is insufficient.  There are a great many cases where
> there is an interaction between two or more people, where it is not
> clear whether interference has taken place, or who has interfered with
> whom.

As I understand it, "interference" in recent discussions means curtailing
another's freedoms. Since no man is an island, the principle of 
non-interference is presented as one of minimizing the curtailment of
another's freedoms.

Padraig Houlahan.