[666] in libertarians
Re: questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul D. Eccles)
Mon Feb 13 13:17:11 1995
From: "Paul D. Eccles" <pde@sd.inri.com>
To: tpiatt@vangogh.helios.nd.edu (teri piatt)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 9:55:06 PST
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199502131730.MAA01597@vangogh.helios.nd.edu>; from "teri piatt" at Feb 13, 95 12:30 (noon)
> Their claim is that my right to property interferes with their right
> to life and property, since I have a surpluss and I refuse to distribute
> it, I am keeping them from being able to obtain what they need to live.
> The standard scenario is one of a life boat. If I own a life boat, and
> some people come floating up wanting on my boat, I have the right to refuse
> them. I can let them die. If they climb aboard against my wishes, I can
> then throw them overboard, thus killing them. But this killing is justified
> since they violated my right to property. But the big question is --
> was the killing justified, or have I violated their right to life, since
> the right to life clearly supercedes the right to property.
The right to life and right to property are not 2 separate rights. You
own yourself, hence your life. You can think of it as 1 right, the right to
property. Their right to property (their life) does not supercede your
right to your property.
Paul Eccles
