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From: pkr@maddog.sgi.com (Phil Ronzone)
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Subject: Re: MY :-) stereo
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Date: 17 Jan 90 20:27:43 GMT
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In article <21673@unix.cis.pitt.edu> rhg2@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Rich  Graham) writes:
>Now let's say you show up, lost in the desert.  You're pretty hungry, so
>you try to trade your watch for some food, knowing, of course, that
>barter is the universal language...


Not intended as sarcasm.

In many discussions of property rights, where the concept of ownership is
asserted as inherent, the lifeboat cases ALWAYS pop up.

I mean, why is it that people so quickly jump to, "well, what about the case
where you have two guys in a lifeboat and only one ...".

So we both jumped out of the plane at the same time. And he forgot his chute.

Yes, if he "steals" mine, he lives and I dies. He committed a wrong act.
I died a wrongful act. So?

Or maybe this starving guy stumbles across my winter cabin and breaks in
for shelter and food. He commits a crime. So? Pay me for the food,
repair the cabin and I'm O.K. Restitution IS a concept you know.



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