Fulfilling every individual’s will is impossible because some wills seek enslavement of others.
Evidence
However, politics is right in rejecting benevolence to the extent that the latter thoughtlessly sacrifices the future to the present. … There are cases where a man positively wants evil, that is, the enslavement of other men, and he must then be fought. … It also happens that, without harming anyone, he flees from his own freedom, seeking passionately and alone to attain the being which constantly eludes him. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 129
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Distinguishes the will that positively wants evil (to be fought) from the will that only flees its own freedom.
Related
- Legitimate causes can require fighting against other valid causes (similarity 0.81)
- Freedom that withdraws into self-interest denies its own nature (similarity 0.79)
- Willing one’s freedom and willing that being exist are one choice (similarity 0.78)