[ExI] intellectual property again

[Stefano Vaj]

On 9 March 2010 21:29, JOSHUA JOB <nanite1018 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, efficiency can only be judged in reference to a certain system of values, and so comes after those values. Property is, in my view, a necessary component for human life and all values, and so must come before efficiency. So, ideas of efficiency come after the principles upon which property is based. As I subscribe to an egoist morality, global efficiency is not a factor in the moral basis for property, since it isn't based on any sense of individualism but rather a collectivist viewpoint that what is "best for society" is what should be done.

I appreciate that this position exists, but if you could show that (in
some circumstances, some forms of) IP is not even efficient from a
collectivist viewpoint, this would simply strengthen your position and
widen your audience without requiring any compromise on "egoist
morality", wouldn't it?

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Stefano Vaj