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From: laura@utzoo.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: Turkey in the Straw
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Date: Mon, 8-Apr-85 06:18:41 EST
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I am not clear where you got the notion that libertarianism is connected
to ``might makes right'', unless it is that libertarians are rather
quick to tell you that they will protect their property rights. Instead
libertarians of all sorts think that certain human rights are sacred,
which seems counter to the ``might makes right'' philosophy. There is
some disagreement as to what these rights are, and there is some disagreement
as to how best to see that these rights are respected, and there is
disagreement as to whom should have these rights (no, no, not whether
Blacks or Jews or some race should have them but -- what about tourists
in libertaria? and children?) but I haven't seen any disagreement that
there *are* rights.

Where did you get this strange notion about libertarianism? Have I been
sloppy? 

By the way, I am about hald done writing a huge ``magnum opus'' :-) which
explains (for once and for all :-) ) where morals and rights come from.
A fairly large proportion of libertarians will be in agreement with this
statement (with a lot of quibbles. Libertarians love to quibble.) It
plunks me quite solidly in the ``might does not make right'' camp. I
will post this soon -- I think that it may be another ``life, the
universe and everything explained -- in 7 parts''. 

Laura Creighton
utzoo!laura