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    Challenges→Liberties of speech, association, worship, and choice of profession are more important than liberties such as driving the wrong way on a one-way street, not wearing a seat belt, or disposing of gross income freely.

    If the state may restrict income disposal for redistributive ends, the same paternalist logic permits restricting speech deemed socially harmful, collapsing the proposed hierarchy.

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    Key Terms

    collapsing a hierarchy(logical and political philosophy)
    When a ranking system breaks down because the same rule or reasoning applies equally to things at different levels, making the ranking meaningless.
    hierarchy(as used in logic and argumentation)
    A ranking system that puts some things in order from most to least important, valuable, or protected.
    logic (in philosophical sense)(general philosophy)
    A system of reasoning where if certain things are true, then other things must also be true—like following a chain of connected ideas.
    paternalism/paternalist(political philosophy and ethics)
    When a government or authority makes decisions for people 'for their own good,' treating them like children who can't decide for themselves, even if people don't want those decisions made.

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    redistribute/redistribution(economic and political philosophy)
    Taking money or resources from some people (usually the wealthy) and giving them to others (usually the poor) to make things more equal.

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