“The government should protect people from harming themselves, even against their will”
Agree
- Society pays for self-inflicted harm
- People in crisis can't make rational choices
- Prevention cheaper than treating consequences
- Collective good sometimes outweighs individual liberty
- Seatbelt laws save lives not freedoms
Disagree
- My body my choice applies universally
- Paternalism is insulting and infantilizing
- Freedom means freedom to make mistakes
- Government overreach always expands
- Personal responsibility defines adulthood
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