Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!padraig From: padraig@utastro.UUCP (Padraig Houlahan) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: The Principle of Non-interference Message-ID: <549@utastro.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 14:07:32 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.549 Posted: Wed Aug 14 14:07:32 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 22:15:36 EDT References: <588@mmintl.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 13 > > 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.