Is it possible to create a world in which creatures have the freedom to love but not the freedom to harm, contra Boyd? A world in which all harm is prevented? At first glance, I’d say, “Of course! That’s the kind of world I aim to create in my house. If I fail, it is only because I am not fully able, not fully loving (say, in a fit of grumpiness or apathy), or not fully aware. Were I fully all three of those things, there would be no harm in my house.” I’ll have to work on picturing that scenario some more to see how it would play out.
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If I stepped in every time Sullivan were to, say, swing a fist, might he resign me?