若者が年寄り（高齢者）の生活を規制しようとする場合、たとえば配偶者をなくした親の再婚に反対するような場合、それは、年寄りが若い人の生活を規制しようとするのと同じくらい、誤っている。年寄りも若者も、思慮分別のつく年齢に達するや否や、自分で選択する権利があり、また必要であれば、自ら間違いを犯す権利もある。
When the young attempt to regulate the lives of the old, as, for example, by objecting to the remarriage of a widowed parent, they are quite as much in the wrong as are the old who attempt to regulate the lives of the young. Old and young alike, as soon as years of discretion have been reached, have a right to their own choices, and if necessary to their own mistakes.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, chap.9:Fear of public opinion.
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＜寸言＞
ラッセルが言うように、誰にも「間違いを犯す権利」や「自分で選択する権利」があります。やりたいことをやって失敗すればその人の責任ですが、失敗するからといって、その人がやりたいことを「あなたのためにアドバイスしているのですよ」と、いろいろ行動を制限しようとするのは、「余計なお世話」です。
もちろん、それは他人（肉親や関係者）に大きな迷惑をかけない限りという条件付きです。
As Russell says, everyone has the "right to make mistakes" and the "right to make their own choices." If someone does what they want and fails, it is their own responsibility. However, trying to restrict their actions under the pretext of "giving advice for their own good" just because they might fail is nothing but unwarranted interference.
Of course, this applies as long as they do not cause significant trouble to others, such as family members or those involved.
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