-
Is value a necessary concept for property rights? I believe one argument says you own yourself and you own what you add value to by mixing with your labor. Since value is subjective or intersubjective, doesn't this undermine the argument? Can I just get around this by saying you own what you produce...
-
It seems to me that the common libertarian logic of 'one owns one's body and labor, and therefore, its fruits,' takes an unnecessary (and wrong) leap. One's labor may increase the value of something or correlate to being responsible, but is insufficient to claim property rights. For example...
-
Regarding Stephan's claim in that property rights are justified, from the book "a rational proof of secular ethics". thanks stephan for your brilliant work which i appreciate! however, I percieve a flaw: you claim that ownership must exist because self-ownership exists. Lets question this...
-
Stefan. I am disappointed by the response of major Venus project promoters to your valid and intelligent questions. It seems I will have to answer them myself. Let's begin. You've asked about the calculation problem in the past. I will now address this, properly. The Calculation Problem Without...
-
I'm going to make this into a video pretty soon. Until then, I'd love some feedback on the script! :) http://www.jacobspinney.com/blog/?p=1567
-
I really don't know much about mutualism at all except their explanation of property as something that is defined by use, and I'm not even sure what they mean by that. But just musing about the concept has led to a few insights about practical stateless property enforcement that I'd like...
-
In presenting the argument for private property via ethics, a respondent claimed that "ownership" is a misplaced concretion within the argument. To me, ownership seems entirely concrete, as one must exercise self ownership in order to respond and say, "this is a misplaced concretion"...
-
No amount of human labour can create more land (more of the earth, unless endeavoring to attract asteroids and comets.) I've been in interested in the various flavours of geoism for some time. Here is my current understanding of a viable geoanarchist solution: Land value (location value or just 'rent'...
-
There are three fundamental paradigms or axioms that influence human behaviour; Morality (NAP), Ethics (Virtue) and Incentives. Lets accept the NAP as the main UPB compliant moral rule. Now, lets assume that incentives drive the initiation of violence (violation of NAP) which results in no choice for...
-
Hey guys, im interested in going into psychology in a few months and im considering whether or not to go to collage in New Hampshire. now the thing is, before i do this i want to know wheather the new health care bill is going to affect the field of psychology in the states. what do you guys think? also...