RE: FWD [forteana] Health Care: USA, Iraq & Canada

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Fri Aug 08 2003 - 17:37:22 MDT

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    Randy wrote:
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    > Rafal, do you believe that people and entities composed of people act
    > in their best interests on a regular basis?

    ### The best interest of a human is for me defined by his/her well-informed,
    voluntary actions (definition of "voluntary" is a separate and interesting
    subject) - whatever happens as a result of such actions, where the person is
    aware of both the direct consequences, and the events prevented by the
    action, is in the best interest of a human.

    Insofar as humans are informed, and free, they do act in their best
    interest, by definition.

    Groups of people do not have best interests, or rather, I do not recognize
    any interests of groups, aside from the sum of individual interests of their
    members.

    Rafal

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