When we give and receive.

I lis­te­ned to this while wri­ting this post, try it while you read :o)

This is the four­teenth in a series of posts reflec­ting on our willin­gness to remem­ber and the qua­li­ty of that know­ledge. These posts should be read in order of publi­ca­tion. Star­ting with num­ber six, for example, would make no sense to the rea­der. Hap­py reading!

A contract binds two par­ties. Each one accepts a part of res­pon­si­bi­li­ty and rights which yields and com­mits itself to res­pect. In the case of a social contract, access to this equa­li­ty repre­sents a right-res­pon­si­bi­li­ty that socie­ty under­takes to pro­vide to the indi­vi­dual. In return, the indi­vi­dual under­takes to contri­bute, using resources, to create value for other indi­vi­duals. They also com­mit to recei­ving these resources. For example, access to public health rights could be condi­tio­nal on com­pliance with stan­dar­di­zed vaccination.

It must be unders­tood here that it is not a ques­tion of vio­la­ting the rights and free­doms of each per­son, but rather of mana­ging the chaos that free­dom gene­rates, and right­ly so. Free­dom means that there are no limits. The uni­ver­sal limit remains not to inter­fere with each person’s free­dom of choice, but to pro­tect one­self from cau­sing harm to others. If free choice leads to har­ming one­self, so be it, but no one can choose on behalf of another.

This is where paren­tal rights become pro­ble­ma­tic. Can a per­son who volun­ta­ri­ly goes to live in nor­thern Que­bec, without cau­sing harm to others, in other words, in har­mo­ny with their envi­ron­ment, take their own chil­dren with them in this choice? Can a child be depri­ved of a social contract by their parent? My ans­wer is no. The prin­ciple of equa­li­ty means that eve­ryone should have equal oppor­tu­ni­ties, but you could ima­gine that an adult could decide of their own free will to leave the social contract and deprive them­self of the bene­fits it provides.

To be continued…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on Janua­ry 20, 2021 by Coach Dan­ny