#normal adults

Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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