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In applied ethics there is a dilemma known as The Trolley Problem ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem ). It runs like this: A trolley is running out of control down a track. In its path are 5 people who have been tied to the track by a mad philosopher. Fortunately, you can flip a switch which...
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I think that someone who proclaims that they do not own themself is engaging in a performative contradiction, for they have to exercise their ownership over themselves in order to even make the statement. "I don't own myself" is a self-detonating statement. The most common counter-arguement...
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[quote user="pazlenchantinrocks"]Children would not have the same rights as adults. The parents own the child until the child demonstrates that he can prove that he is a self-owner.[/quote]That's where I disagree with Rothbard. The notion that parents can own their children, even if it's...
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[quote user="Nathyn"]You're putting words into Rothbard's mouth. He never argued from a consequentialist position, but from a natural rights position. The book was called, "The ETHICS of Liberty."[/quote]The words I'm using here are my own, but I'm not misrepresenting...
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[quote user="gethky"]2. Keepng or selling slaves does indeed involve coercion and is therefore immoral, but not necessarily criminal sans government.[/quote]If something is a violation of natural law, then it's naturally criminal, government or sans government. Slavery is the theft of one's...
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[quote user="Nathyn"]If Rothbard, through his sophistry, happens to come to the conclusion that a holocaust is justified for his own liberty's sake, his entire argument falls apart because his basic assumptions about the value of humanity contradict that of just about everyone.[/quote]Wow...