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The Problem of Political Authority

Free Thoughts

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Does the Degree Change the Moral Calculus at All?

In an extreme example, we have six people who vote to put a stop light in the village. They take a very small amount from everyone, including the 200 who didn't vote for it. The fact that there's more of them doesn't change what they're trying to do. Of course, how the public property got to be established in the first place? There has to be a story about how that land got to be public property that doesn't involve violating people's rights.

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