Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site inmet.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!greipa!decwrl!decvax!yale!inmet!nrh From: nrh@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: Re: Libertarians in Space Message-ID: <28200029@inmet.UUCP> Date: Sat, 6-Jul-85 04:58:00 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.28200029 Posted: Sat Jul 6 04:58:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 03:21:00 EDT References: <170@pedsgd.UUCP> Lines: 27 Nf-ID: #R:pedsgd:-17000:inmet:28200029:000:1283 Nf-From: inmet!nrh Jul 5 02:58:00 1985 >/**** inmet:net.politics.t / pedsgd!bob / 3:46 pm Jun 29, 1985 ****/ >Its not the fact that the assumptions of Libertarians about >human behaviour might be wrong, its the fact that they might >be right that scares the bejesus out a me. I, for one, dont want to >live in a society which has elevated greed to be its highest virtue. >/* ---------- */ > Then what are you doing in New Jersey? :-) Seriously, libertarians do not attempt to enshrine greed. We merely observe that people have differing goals, and different ideas on how to pursue those goals. We're trying to create a society in which people may pursue those goals with as much freedom as possible. That greed generates most of the hustle behind the pursuit of most of the goals does not mean that libertarians LIKE greed, but merely that we must deal with it. In particular, turning it into a positive social force by limiting greedy people's ability to ravage seems like a good idea to me. Finally, bear in mind that libertarians do not expect greed to fund the Salvation Army, or supply great art -- I've no objection to such things even if they are not created by "greed" (although some other libertarians object to charity on any grounds), provided that they do not involve initiation of force or fraud.