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QUESTION

From Jennifer Dean

—“My background taught me to view everything in terms of personal risk and responsibility. In other words, if you choose to take the risk, you have to take the responsibility for the outcome and just live with it (regardless of whether others were deceptive, made false promises, caused harm, etc.) It seems like that mindset is a big part of what made this country what it is, for both good and ill, and people hold on to that very strongly because they equate it with liberty. They don’t want to ban things that are harmful, or hold others accountable for deceit or coercion because they think it all comes down to personal choice.”—

—“It puzzles me because it’s hard to see how P can work on a practical level in everyday life, when so many people operate in a way that places personal choice above reciprocity. I sense that many advocate for it out of selfishness, or a punitive attitude towards those they perceive as selfish or stupid.”—

—“But I think there’s also a very traditional view among conservatives that the world has to be this way because God judges in the afterlife and until then we just have to turn the other cheek.”—

—“Conservatives and liberals both tend to believe education is the answer. But with the increasing complexity in the world, no one can be smart enough or educated enough to have full informed consent in every decision they make.”—

—“It seems like a big cultural shift is needed before people will understand the real need for reciprocity.”—