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Randian Valentine's day rhetoric
...If I treated her as if she were my property, after all, it means that I would take care of her, protect her, and treat her well above all things not in my possession.
Suddenly, I realized the look on her face did not reflect the combusting happiness within me.
Then, I realized my error. We are all self owners, she as much as I. But let's say I were treating her like property. That raises the extremely important issue:
"Do you mean public or private property?"
Posted by Tyler Cowen on February 15, 2006 at 08:46 AM in Education | Permalink
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