From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Fri Jan 10 2003 - 03:47:58 MST
On Friday, January 10, 2003 2:07 AM Brett Paatsch paatschb@ocean.com.au
wrote:
>>>> See "The Functions of the Family in the Great
>>>> Society" by Steven Horwitz at:
>>>> http://it.stlawu.edu/shor/Papers/Functions.htm
[snip]
>> In Horwitz's paper, I think he's approaching family
>> as a social phenomena. In other words, to some
>> extent, he's assuming it exists and then analyzing
>> it along various axes.
>
> In fairness I've printed but not yet read Horwitz's
> paper so I'm talking more generally and
> responding to you, not to it.
Fair enough. When you do, let me know what you think of it.
I'll respond to your other comments later today.
Cheers!
Dan
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
See "Macroeconomics for the Real World" at:
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/Macro.html
"Economists have traced back prices as a social phenomena
ultimately to individual choices between scarce goods. It is my
suggestion that legal philosophers as well should trace back legal norms
as social phenomena to some individual acts or attitudes. These acts
reflect themselves in some way in the norms under a legal system, as
individual choices among scarce goods reflect themselves in prices on
the market under a monetary system.
"I suggest that those individual acts or attitudes be called
_demands_ or _claims_. Dictionaries define a _claim_ as 'a demand for
something as due.' I assume in this connection that _only individuals
can make claims, just as only individuals can make choices_.
Individuals _do_ make claims as well as choices. But while they do not
necessarily need to refer to other individuals to make choices, they
need to refer to other individuals to make claims." -- Bruno Leoni, "The
Law as Individual Claim"
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