It is worse that Jim says: "Thus the Grass my Horse has bit; the Turfs my Servant has cut; and the Ore I have digg'd ... become my Property" (Locke 1698, p. 307),
On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 01:39:27PM -0700, Devine, James wrote: > John Locke wrote that such stealing of public property was the basis of private > property -- but that such theft was justified if one mixed one's labor with the > stolen item. > > ------------------------ > Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
