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Hey everyone, so this is my first post. i've written my ideas in essay form because other people are likely to read it and i don't like changing the introduction around. hope you enjoy and try at answering my questions. although i think the likely hood is that you will disagree with at least...
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I am relatively new to this libertarian way of thinking and I have to say on the surface it is very appealing to me. One major question I have though which I haven't gotten a clear answer on is, "What place, if any, is there for the severely disabled in a libertarian nation"? I mean, I...
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In the thread Proving Natural Law , hashem extensively quoted some very important passages from Rothbard's Ethics of Liberty , and very fervently promoted all of Rothbard's contentions. This prompted me to write an extensive post which analyzes Rothbard's arguments and which presents my own...
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In applied ethics there is a dilemma known as The Trolley Problem ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem ). It runs like this: A trolley is running out of control down a track. In its path are 5 people who have been tied to the track by a mad philosopher. Fortunately, you can flip a switch which...