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The Needs of Human Beings: A Debate
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R. A.:
I can see no reason why individual needs cannot be dealt with as a truly rational and
realistic first principle, for a just and fair distribution of goods and services.
M. P.:
Because there is and never will be any agreement on what constitutes need ,......Read More
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Posted on: 2009-08-04 10:49:58 |
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Human Needs
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The Needs of a Human being
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This is an answer to a comment posted by stevehayes13:
stevehayes13 wrote:
I do not know who MP is . . .
Ron Allen answers:
MP is a person I engaged in debate with for some many months. He claims to be an
anarchist and a capitalist. I believes that......Read More
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Posted on: 2009-08-04 11:49:36 |
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Human Needs
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Property: A Debate
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R. A.:
If individuals need food, for example, then that need is a very rational and sensible reason
for each and every individual enjoying a right of free access to whatever measure of food is
necessary for their life and health.
There are people who believe there is a right to......Read More
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Posted on: 2009-08-05 12:34:28 |
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Property
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Needs and Rights: A Debate
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R. A.:
If each and every individual needs a home, then that need constitutes an individual's right to
possess a home. When it comes to housing, individuals and families need as much as they
can fully utilize, and as much as they can maintain and keep up with their own......Read More
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Posted on: 2009-08-06 12:30:18 |
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Needs
Rights
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From Each . . . To Each: A Debate
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R. A.:
If people need to engage in productive labor, then there ought to be a right to freely engage
in productive labor.
M. P.:
And who decides if they need to do it? What if they want to be productive but can't?
R. A.:
There are people who are willing to......Read More
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Posted on: 2009-08-06 12:42:24 |
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Ability
Disability
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Human Abilities and Human Virtues: A Debate
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M. P.:
There is no reason to believe that ability can be quantified . . .
R. A.:
I have not said that an individual's abilities can be quantified. I do not say such a thing. I do
not know if abilities can be quantified.
M. P.:
You stated......Read More
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Posted on: 2009-08-06 15:19:56 |
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Abilities
Virtues
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From Each . . . To Each: A Debate
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R. A.:
Let's discuss the communist praxis : "From each according to ability; to each according to
need."
Individuals have some exceptional abilities, and some special talents. "From each
according to ability" assumes and accepts this fact. ......Read More
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Posted on: 2009-08-07 11:30:55 |
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Ability
Need
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From Each . . . To Each: A Debate
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R. A.:
Let us discuss, some more, the famous communist policy: "From each according to ability;
to each according to need."
Why is this rational communist canon also a sensible egalitarian canon? Because it does
not assume as equal what is unequal, and because it......Read More
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Posted on: 2009-08-07 13:06:16 |
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Ability
Need
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