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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 6 Jan 2000 17:24:08 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.org!spamcake!
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
> I see ideas as property of the inventor. From a rights basis, that means
> that the inventor has the right to do with them as he or she sees fit.
> From a utilitarian basis, if we don't incent the inventor, we don't get
> new ideas.
From a rights basis (the utilitarian basis is clear) does it follow that the
inventor has the right to prevent other people from coming up with the exact
same idea on their own?
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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