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Old 01-28-2011, 09:01 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by monster View Post

Regarding the aboriginal point, young children are naturally possesive, so wouldn't that suggest that the lack of property rights is more of a social convention and that property rights are natural rights?
Having not spent any time whatever with aboriginal children I can't speak to that point. Perhaps in a society where possession is not considered, the children don't exhibit that behavior. I'd be curious to read what an anthropologist would say.
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