@liliceberg1of1 @aeskiusalpinius @Ace_Archist Conquered? So mere possession is what constitutes ownership?
Developed it using what money?
Defending it using what money?
@liliceberg1of1 ...which is justified because it's the law, which is justified because it's the law, which is justified because it's the law, which is justified because it's the law, which is justified because it's the law.
This is circular logic
@liliceberg1of1 The detention was justified because it's the law, and the law is justified because it's the law, which is justified because it's the law, which is justified because it's the law, which is justified because it's the law, which is justified because it's the law...
@liliceberg1of1@Ace_Archist Law must answer to an external standard, then. Ethics being debated on is irrelevant because that has no bearing on whether it is real or binding. People disagree about science and logic, does that make those domains subjective?
@liliceberg1of1@Ace_Archist Why is the ethics framework I provided not the same type as yours? It appeals to a generalizable, action guiding principle. Yours on the other hand only appeals to institutional authority.
@liliceberg1of1@Ace_Archist And I compared it to slavery and the holocaust because your justification for the state's law is enforceability, which is literally just power. This in principle justifies those things.
@liliceberg1of1@Ace_Archist Slavery was enforceable, does that make it justified?
The holocaust was enforceable, does that make it justified?
The law is right because it's law, it matters because it's enforced, and enforcement is right because it's the law? Is this seriously the hill you want to die on?