But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.
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Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance.
What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.
Every adult has the right to choose who they wish to spend their lives with, and we're all capable of making mistakes, but no one escapes with their self-regard intact.
A feeling for equal rights for other human beings cannot exist in adults if a feeling for authority is not implanted in them during childhood. Otherwise, adults will never become mature enough to recognize the rights of others.
Just as the Supreme Court has said that women have the right to choose whether or not to be parents, men should also have that right.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
The desires of adults are not more important than the needs of children.
I've never been one to let others decide what's right for me or my children.
Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.
The exercise of natural rights has no limits but such as will ensure their enjoyment to other members of society.
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