"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
- Plato (427-347 BC)
If that proposition by Plato is correct.....
Wouldn't we all enjoy greater personal freedoms and safety [for the majority], if collectively, we determined [and agreed] to enable laws, to remove [from a society of men] those persons who negligently or intentionally
cause harm to others ?
Under such a regime [of actively seeking to permanently remove the 'wolves' from any society],
wouldn't such a society of men be more likely to achieve a peaceful, prosperous, and harmonious political state, for that society of men ?
e.g.
Permanently remove murderers from society.
Permanently remove
persistent thieves.
Permanently remove those who [without cause]
persistently assault and cause harm to others.
PROPOSITION;Where men and women come together to live in a society, for the sake of their mutual benefit [and safety],
wouldn't a primary objective for that collective society of men be;
1/ To keep the meadow safe, for the sheep.
2/ To ban the wolves [from having access to the meadow].
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'the meadow' = = any society of men
'the sheep' = = peaceful, productive people/citizens.
'wolves' = = 'predators'
PROPOSITION;There can be no peace and there can be no safety [for any group of sheep], if the sheep are willing to permit wolves to enter their meadow, and predate upon the sheep [....as we know
all wolves are want to do].
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