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tetrometal
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If you and I get marooned on an unclaimed island and I construct a spear for hunting crabs, you have no right to my spear. I am within my natural rights to defend my property should you try to take it by force.
totony
on Nov 9, 2020
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If you constructed that spear with the only stick on the island, would you still hold that it is ethical for you to keep it for yourself?
Can you claim ownership of part (or the whole) of the island?
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