Re: The Robin Hood questions

From: louisnews Newstrom (louisnews@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Aug 30 2002 - 11:39:21 MDT


From: Rafal Smigrodzki <rms2g@virginia.edu>
> I'd like to pose two Robin Hood questions, for both libertarians and
> collectivists:
>
> 1. Imagine you are walking hungry on a forest path, your house
> destroyed by
> flood, your insurance company folded

> 2.
> your neighbor wants a new car
> His wife wants lipstick
> They want you to pay the school, and the insurance.

> But, the reverse of that decision (by way
> of the Golden Rule, or moral symmetry)

These two examples do not show any signs of "symmetry".

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Louis Newstrom
louisnews@comcast.net


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