Re: BASICS: Re: Socialism <> Extropianism
Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 14:42:43 -0500
Here's a few ethical questions for you:
- Does equality matter? If so, how much?
Ex: Suppose I had a magic button in my pocket. If I press the button, one
group of people magically gains x (where x is something "good," created out
of thin air) and another group gains Y, where Y is much greater than x.
Morally speaking, should I press that button?
2) Suppose Alice and Bob are in a two-person communist society. Let us
also suppose that Bob is greedy. Bob notices that Alice is making various
goods. Can Bob use all of the goods Alice is making? Or should his access
to the goods be restricted in some way?
Since this society has only two people in it, would that mean that Alice is
exerting property rights over Bob?
-Dan
-GIVE ME IMMORTALITY OR GIVE ME DEATH-