Re: France\'s social market vs. the U.S.\'s libertarian/less social mark
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An "other regarding crime" is a crime that primarily effects someone other than the "criminal", while a "self-regarding crime" is a "crime" against oneself e.g. seat belt laws or laws against marijuana.
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As a tangent, how do you feel about "self-regarding crime"? Are there any that you support?
[/ QUOTE ] There are not any that I can think of that I support for adults. I'm fine with seatbelt laws for children.
If there were any seemingly self-regarding crimes for adults I would support, it would be because they weren't really self-regarding. For example, assume heroin use causes violent crime AND assume that the drug war was a A) an effective cure AND B) that it was a cure that was not worse than the disease. Then I would support a heroin ban.
I'm thinking of making an OP about an example of one of these "seemingly self-regarding crime that maybe is not" that has been on my mind lately.
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