> [Craig, previously] > > Individuals should not be free to claim > > whatever they want as their property, because conflict will result. > > Nor is no ownership good, because without responsibility, things > > deteriorate. > > A better system is where some things are privately owned & some > > owned in common, as appropriate. > > [Platt] > > The question will always be, "What's appropriate?" Does the MOQ > > suggest an answer? > > I think it's best to answer the easy questions of ownership first, > before > proceeding to the difficult cases. > The easy cases of private ownership: owning your own body & your own > effort. (So much for "from each according to their ability".) > The easy cases of common ownership: scarce natural resources: > land, air, water, minerals. (We do sometimes grant "ownership" of > these, but usually subject to "eminent domain", rules of conservation, > etc.) > Easy principle of ownership: one should be free to exchange what one > owns when it does not harm others. > Are these data that the MoQ needs to explain or are these conclusions > which can be derived from the MoQ? > Craig Land and mineral ownership being subject to eminent domain are not always "easy cases" of common ownership. Case in point: the infamous New London take over of private homes to benefit the tax base, an eminent domain travesty upheld the Supreme Court. Also, the interpretation of "does not harm others" presents a can of worms. Seems today everything one does with one's property is accused of harming the environment or contributing to global warming. But in general, I agree with your answers, especially the right to own the product of your own efforts.
Strangely enough, I can find nothing in Pirsig's writings specifically regarding property ownership or about the proper division between private and public ownership. Neither can I figure how we might derive an MOQ answer. For example, does the MOQ support the idea of intellectual property? Copyright? Patent? If so, on what basis? Would be interested in your thoughts. Thanks. Platt Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
