
Don Boudreaux on Coase
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It's the Driver's Responsibility Not to Hit People
In california it's the driver's responsibility not to hit pedestrians. Pedestrians in california are extremely aggressive. They're much more likely to cross the street carelessly, because theyare aware of the culture there. You come back to the east coast, and it's walker beware, and drivers are less careful. Our moral assessments are surprisingly determined by these economic factors. We we regard the person. If you hit me in the face unprovokedly, you punch me in theFace,. It's true, in a very technical sense, that we both caused it. My face, as if my face weren't here. Therefore the blame does the moral blame f
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