A Critique of Rothbardian Natural Rights (sorta long)

[DrunkHamster]

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A laser that will damage your property isn't the same as a flashlight. And it has nothing to do with the concentration of the light.

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Do you believe in the subjective theory of value (like, I would've thought, all the ACers on this board do)? Because if so, please tell me how you can objectively tell whether something is damaging my property? If the STV is right, all value is in the eye of the beholder, and so if I decide that a couple of photons spilling over to my land is damaging it, who are you to say any different?

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Shooting a gun at someone is a violent act. Flying a plane over someone's land isn't.

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Again, missing the point - the violence isn't what matters, the risk of death is. I'm sure I can come up with other examples of non violent situations which cause a 1 in 6 chance of you dying - do you think you are within your rights to stop these occuring? If so, your violent/non violent dichotomy won't help you one bit.