by @[1013719133:2048:Luke Weinhagen] Is there a relationship between virtue and

by @[1013719133:2048:Luke Weinhagen]

Is there a relationship between virtue and freedom? Why might have the Founding Father pursued virtue, rather than explicitly pursue freedom?

In this context, I am using –

Virtues: the characteristics and actions of an individual that enable the accumulation of trust.

Vices: the characteristics and actions of an individual that consume trust.

Virtue Freedom: The ability to refrain from acting, without the burden of consequence. To be free from compulsion.

Versus

Vice Freedom: The ability to act, without the burden of consequence. To be free from costs.

It is my belief that –

Virtue empowers the development of freedom, as trust increases the incentive for compulsion decreases.

Vice is dependent on freedom, social costs of vice are covered by consuming the store of trust.

Setting the founders aside, you may not agree their pursuit was one of virtue, this is my goal. My alignment with Propertarianism (https://propertarianism.com/) is with its potential to support the pursuit of virtue. For anyone interested in “why” I explore and post much of what I do, creating a structure where a man is free to pursue virtue is that “why”.

If the goal is freedom for all, the inherent demand this creates is the pursuit of virtue by all.

And where our definitions of virtue conflict with each other, meaning reciprocity is not possible, is where I believe we should be seeking separation rather than trying to impose our definitions on each other.Updated Oct 9, 2019, 10:24 PM