[ExI] Social right to have a living

[Stefano Vaj]

On 23 May 2011 23:41, Damien Sullivan <phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 01:42:35PM -0600, Kelly Anderson wrote:
> > What justification is there that society owes a living to anyone?
>
> I actually wouldn't start with any abstract blanket right to "a living";
> society's clearly not rich enough yet for that.  We can start with the
> right to *make* a living, including fair access to the tools needed for
> that.
>

I think most Americans are inclined to see such questions in terms of what
is right for the individuals concerned.

There is however another angle, where the question is: which communities are
going to flourish, expand, evolve, successfully compete with other
communities, etc.?

Clearly, the models pertaining to internal allocation of resources are not
an irrelevant factor in this respect.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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