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From: colonel@buffalo.CSNET ("Col. G. L. Sicherman")
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Subject: Re: build a set of rights from scratch
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Date: Tue, 12-Aug-86 13:27:55 EDT
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> A sound discussion of rights must be based on REALITY - on correct
> observation and identification of man's nature, the requirements of his
> survival, and the effects of a social context on these requirements;
> you should use these observations to define the concept of "right", and
> then to discuss which are the valid rights.
> The only philosopher to consistently take this approach in discussing
> rights was Ayn Rand.

What, again?  People have different natures; some of us like the right
to own land privately, and others of us like the right to own the land
in common.  Different rights are best for different people; it's a political
problem.  Which brings me to my main point:

May we remove to net.politics.theory?  It's obviously the right place
for this discussion.