PHIL 329 Lecture 7: Lecture 7 Week 4
4 Feb 2016
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Just because you have such a community does not mean that aren"t property rights with respect to one"s own labout and with respect to the fruits of one"s own labours in such a community. If everybody freely consents to sharing their labour then all property is common property, but that doesn"t mean that there isn"t an opportunity to acquire private property rights. All food, shelter, recreational equipment, tools are open access. If there is no scarcity there is free access to all goods. Ppr with respect to your own labour allows for you to temporarily sell or share your labour. A society where we are using labour to produce common property has problems. Ineffective means of producing individual happiness (individuals with respect to what makes them happy) Some individuals value education more than housing or good food. Suppose individuals have an equal right to each resource (or right to an equal amount of each resource) (53)
