Comments on: Fear and Personal Responsibility http://www.libertariannews.org/2012/03/26/fear-and-personal-responsibility/ Hate The State Tue, 21 May 2013 19:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michael Suede http://www.libertariannews.org/2012/03/26/fear-and-personal-responsibility/#comment-10539 Michael Suede Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:41:00 +0000 http://www.libertariannews.org/?p=12617#comment-10539 Fear of starving causes you to steal food.  Actually starving causes you to plant crops and produce food.  The body has needs, but fear causes the irrational responses of people to meet those needs.

I can have physical needs that I can seek to fulfill in non-violent ways. Simply having a need is not tantamount to being afraid of something. I can have a need for food without having a fear of starving. If I did not fear starving, then I would seek ways to produce more food so that I did not starve. I would only steal or commit acts of violence if I was in fear of losing my life due to starvation. If I did not fear death, then I would not commit acts of violence in course of fulfilling my needs.

There is a big difference between fear and a physical need.

]]> By: Bruce C http://www.libertariannews.org/2012/03/26/fear-and-personal-responsibility/#comment-10538 Bruce C Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:25:00 +0000 http://www.libertariannews.org/?p=12617#comment-10538 By that logic you are “afraid of starving” if you plant crops or go to the grocery store.   Let’s not overuse the fear word.

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