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Old 08-04-2008, 10:03 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Smidgey View Post
In that case, I might accept something similar to Nozick's reformation of the Lockean Proviso, for the original aquiring of property.

As for property that is already owned, that's pretty much common sense - so long as the transfer does not violate some right, then it is just.
But none of this is a prior correct or some "natural" right. There is no such things as "natural" rights and many outlooks on property.
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