From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Nov 06 2004 - 13:31:44 GMT
msh wrote:
> Modern Socialism is a reaction to the obvious inequities . . .
What's immoral about "inequities?"
>. . . caused by a
> socio-economic system whose main premise seems to be: "It's perfectly ok
> (moral) for one person to own everything."
The main premise is "It's OK for a person to keep what he has rightfully
earned in a free market."
> Progressive taxation is one
> tool for undoing an injustice.
What's the injustice?
> My guess is... Set your system up right in the first place, maybe
> incorporating some of the Christian ideas quoted here and ideas from
> ParEcon (Participatory Economics), as well as John Rawls' Theory of
> Justice, and you'll be able to nip potential injustices in the bud.
Rawl's theory treats individuals as means to the ends of others. Political
freedom depends on treating individuals as ends in themselves. Rawl's
theory if applied was devastatingly portrayed in Orwell's "Animal Farm"
Platt
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