Difference between revisions of "The worthless Lockean Fable of Initial Acquisition"

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=The parts of the fable.=
 
=The parts of the fable.=
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I'm going to fisk John Locke.  Not because it is a great way to argue, but because there are so many assumptions and fallacies packed into just a few sentences.
 
== Though the earth, and all inferior creatures, be common to all men, ==
 
== Though the earth, and all inferior creatures, be common to all men, ==
 
This is a religious belief, founded in sacred texts.  It has no more force than a king's declaration that he is appointed by god to rule a land.
 
This is a religious belief, founded in sacred texts.  It has no more force than a king's declaration that he is appointed by god to rule a land.

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