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  • Libertarianism vs. Utilitarianism

    Within the field of economics there is a concept known as the equity-efficiency trade-off. Efficiency is regarded as objective. While equity is subjective and filled with value judgments. Since equity is normative the concept of fairness must be determined. Fairness is actually far more objective than...
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by Lawrence on Wed, Aug 3 2011
  • Posing a question on trespassing & time (a hypothetical)

    Trespassing & Time What if one argues that another is trespassing--and indeed they are trespassing. They proceed to ask the trespasser to leave. Yet leaving takes a specific amount of time. How can this time be arrived at without violating the owner of the property? Let me offer an example, you tell...
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by Jeremiah Dyke on Sat, Aug 15 2009
  • Re: Polygamist Church

    What about the bogus call that started this entire tragegy? A girl from Colorado Springs, CO made the call that gave authorities the "evidence" to obtain a court order to barge in as they did. She has been charged for doing this thing locally. Did the judge not even ask for evidence of where...
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by ColumbusGA on Wed, Apr 23 2008
  • Re: On immigration: Reply to Hoppe

    I think that a letter/article that I wrote on 2006-09-10 addresses one of the important issues mentioned here. The article is “ More arguments for Open Borders—this time (unbeknownst to him) from the pen of Hans-Hermann Hoppe!” http://tinyurl.com/y393aq The text is brief and included here: In conjunction...
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by Dennis Lee Wilson on Mon, Jan 28 2008
  • Re: Libertarianism and indecent exposure/lewd acts

    One million individuals offended is not worse nor better than one individual offended. Groups, in the abstract sense, do not act upon itself, but rather from individuals. Groups do not experience qualia. In layman's terms, groups are just psychological zombies, (NOT in the abstract algebra sort of...
    Posted to Political Theory (Forum) by libertarian on Tue, Dec 18 2007
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