[ExI] How do we construct workable institutions and ethical behaviors?

[Jeff Davis]

Yes.  See apology.

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Best, Jeff Davis

     "The whole problem with the world
          is that fools and fanatics are always
             so certain of themselves, and wiser
                     people so full of doubts."
                                   Bertrand Russell


2011/12/12 Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>:
> On 11 December 2011 23:59, Jeff Davis <jrd1415 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 2011/12/11 Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>:
>> > Moreover, how would those issuing bad mortgage be "thieves"?
>>
>> When people engage knowingly in illegal and unethical behavior
>> intended to enrich them while knowingly causing others financial loss,
>> that in my view is theft.
>
>
> Sorry, professional deformation, but I think that usury or blackmail or
> criminal fraud or embezzlement or corruption fall as well as theft in the
> category of "illegal and unethical behavior intended to enrich them while
> knowingly causing others financial loss" even though they are considered as
> distinct crimes by all existing legal systems.
>
> In fact, they may command a harsher sentence than mere theft. And rightly
> so, IMHO.
>
> --
> Stefano Vaj
>
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