Freedom of action

What freedoms should we have?

Should we have the freedom to kill another being? You may say that, yes, we should have the freedom to kill other animals, but not humans.

I believe that we should be free to do anything as long as we don’t affect other people, or other animals. Should we have the freedom to have children we can’t raise decently? I believe we should not have that freedom, because it affects other beings, namely, the children. So, basically, I’m saying that we should not have reproductive freedom, but that it should be controlled. As I said before, having children should be a priviledge, not a right.

Maybe this should be the only law: anyone is free to do anything as long as he does not affect other humans or other animals. Maybe you are wondering why I’m not adding plants to this law. We’ve got to eat something in order to live. We should not cut down the forests, obviously, but by doing that we affect not only plants, but other humans and other animals too.

Well, let’s face it, we need to affect other animals, most people eat meat and (obviously) it comes from animals. We should control pest populations, which is usually done by killing them, I’m talking about mice/rats, crows, mosquitos, etc. I do believe that, if we need to kill other animals, we should do it as humanely as possible. We should not provoke needless suffering, we should not be cruel.