<div dir="ltr">I agree with your sentiment that there should be some very profound
ethical foundation but I must admit that I can’t fully comprehend what
that could be.<br>I understand the economics and can see fallacies in
that argumentation, particularly the common mistake of complete
ignorance of the time value of money.<br>
<br>But as for the ethical debate I can only contribute simple logic and
educated guessing which is why I was hoping you would come up with some
"simple ethical foundations" :D.<br><br>The complexity become obvious if you just scratch on the surface:<br>
<br>You say: <i>“we shouldn't call it taxation as that implies that there is a right to destroy our environment in the first place.”</i><br><br>We
have the ability to shape our environment and so we do. Full stop. That
logic implies in fact a right to destroy (change). Here we maneuver
into the question as to how we value ourselves.<br>
<br>If we underline the logic of the Basic Income as “I am worthwhile
because I exist, I am I, and I am alive” then our very existence
necessitates and justifies the destruction of the environment. The only
thing we could argue about is the degree. Who decides? From here on we
would have to "measure" ... and I don’t even wanna get started with
that. How would a tax/transfer do justice?
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:17 AM, John Nilsson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@milsson.nu" target="_blank">john@milsson.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr"><br>
Den 17 jul 2013 16:35 skrev "Martin Stolze" <pirate.martin@stolze.cc>:</p><div class="im"><br>
> @John<br>
><br>
> "Henry George and geo-libertarians focus on land, and land value rent, but I'm not sure it has to end there. In my mind any transfer from the commons to the private (i.e. copyright, patents, emission quotas and so forth) if to be viewed as ethical at all needs to be compensated in a similar way."<br>
><br>
> Thanks, really interesting point elevating it all on a different level. More details on this?<br></div>
Hmm. Not sure. I think is is the first time I've been able to articulate it so clearly to my self. Which could be indicative of being more of a sound bite than actual insight ;)<p></p>
<p dir="ltr">Maybe one could keep it in mind while reading Benklers Wealth of Networks for some new insights?</p>
<p dir="ltr">BR<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
John</font></span></p>
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