From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 08:43:04 MST
Lee Corbin wrote:
> Rafal writes
>
>> In certain select situations, property rights have
>> to yield to the more important goal, freedom from
>> physical pain.
>
> True, as a generality. But how does one weigh the
> costs and benefits? The axiom of private property
> is much more objective. Of course, some people will
> retort that the Central Committee utilizing the best
> Scientific Data can decide when the principle of
> private property has to be sacrificed because of
> the interests of some people.
>
### Use Rawl's veil and economic performance optimization. Rawl's veil is a
very strong argument against allowing situations where a sentient is owned -
most of us would be horrified by the idea of finding themselves in somebody
else's computer, and being tortured without recourse to the law that
protects other sentients, but we would not be so horrified by a restriction
on owning of other sentients, be it slaves, or sentient volition-enabled
programs and copies of sentients. No need for a Committee, just an informed
peek into the human nature.
Rafal
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