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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Doing only that which brings the most profit.
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Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 19:09:24 EDT
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> ...............................are you arguing that the majority should
> never force its will on the individual, or that it should not do so for
> topics X, Y, and Z?  (Who decides what X, Y, and Z are?)

Philosophically, I suspect that 'never' is the right word.  Practically,
this doesn't seem achievable.  It is, however, both desirable and practical
to try for the closest possible approach to this ideal.

> I don't see any "fundamental" difference between the majority forcing
> me not to kill my fellow humans and the majority taking my money to
> benefit my fellow man.  Is there an alternative to majority rule?

I don't see any *connection* between outlawing murder and legalizing theft.
You are confusing ends (the good of my fellow man, in both cases) with
means (forbidding me to hurt him vs. hurting *me* in an attempt to help him).
-- 
"The trouble with a just economy is, who runs the Bureau of Economic Justice?"

				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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