The road to hell is paved with good intentions: Alan Watts

[Joshpantera]

This is a really cool Alan Watts lecture followed along with a sketch artist depicting the content and context of the lecture as it proceeds: 

 

 

 

Very good questions raised. 

 

Who determines this virtue???

 

Who determines what is correct and incorrect for everyone else???

[tiredofwork]

As a libertarian, I related to this video. Reminds me of the thought behind the non-aggression principle. Or Lao-Tzu's Daoist philosophy of the ideal ruler being one with a very light touch. Applying both to the individual and to society. Even as a thought process, it seems to make sense to me, i.e. decentralization. As long as there is a shared basic set of principles, complex systems can emerge from the "chaos" that benefit everyone, versus if it is imposed from above. I think the hard part is agreeing on a basic set of commonplaces (i.e. shared understandings, almost like the golden rule, ten commandments, etc.) that a society can agree to, and enforce with each other. The hard part is ensuring enforcement with the least possible force/coercion, and while maintaining the maximum amount of personal ties to the shared commonplace.