Pollution is an excellent example. Pollution is going to hurt individuals. The health risks violate the rights of the individual. Therefore there should be legislation as to what/how much pollution is an acceptable trade off.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:51 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Next in line to be labelled Dictator by America > > Actually, not really. It's one of those things undreamt of in > your philosophy. I want to be comfortable but don't really > care about being rich. Just because it can explain most > behavior does not mean that it always does so accurately. > > One flaw in your reasoning - it does not take into account > improvements that do not generate income, that people make > anyway. Nor does it take into account situations where > someone else pays the price for the enrichment of another > party, pollution being an example of this. > > As for the don't tell me what I think comment, Gruss, you are > doing it to Gel, and to me, as well. > > Dana > > On 1/9/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > > Larry what we have here is the utilitarian philosophy run > amok. It > > > is a reasonably valid if somewhat depressing system of thought. > > > > I'm not sure what you mean here, but speaking of charity > that's how I > > like to think of spending. > > > > Like anything, greed run amok is a bad thing. When people steal or > > kill for stuff, that's not good. But when people endeavor to excel > > (because of their greed) they create wealth: > > > > * A more effective system of teaching. > > * A new procedure for heart surgery. > > * A way to grow more nutritious vegetables. > > > > Capitalism, when used within an egalitarian legal system, > turns greed > > into public works. It allows us to pursue our passions and > turns our > > efforts into the input for others passions. > > > > So let's be honest: you want that new PS3, to take that new polisci > > class, or maybe just a beer. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191416 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
