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Re: Natural rights resolved?

Flawed logic. Deductive yes, but incorrect. Natural rights are derived from natural law . Therefore, they are immutably and inalienably sacrosanct to every human being. If by property you mean mind and soul, then yes; but the owner is the individual or the Almighty.

Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by Jay on Thu, Jul 3 2008
How might libertarians solve the Trolley Problem?

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...

Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by Richard A Garner on Sat, Apr 19 2008
Social Contract My Ass

I hear people talking about a social contract all the time. Usually in the context of some authoritarian action by the government, instituted many times by the “will” of the majority (this is really a misnomer in itself, since the majority doesn’t participate in the process). I have referred to this...

Posted to IrishOutlaw (Weblog) by IrishOutlaw on Fri, Mar 14 2008

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