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Originally Posted by rwspin";p="
It's not so much a moral issue as a social one... public health really.
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I understand the "public health" arguments, but they are essentially utilitarian. I specifically asked for moral justification. The utilitarian arguments have problems as well, but at least I understand them.
If Joe Junkie wants to shoot up in his own basement, that is his problem. I couldn't care less. You want to make it your problem, you can send him a card or volunteer at the local drug prevention center. If you want to send armed men to his house, kick in his door and take him away, you better have a moral justification for it.
It gets worse. You are making it not only your business, your are forcing it on me as well. Through my taxes, I have to pay for your cause. Joe is hurting nobody, the armed men are hurting Joe, and
I am forced to subsidize the armed men. What's the moral justification for that?