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- From: brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder)
- Subject: Re: America doesn't have a clue: (was DOES AMERICA SAY YES TO JAPAN? - Off track!!)
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- References: <1992Dec18.205739.11193@doug.cae.wisc.edu> <thomasd.42.724959481@tps.COM> <1992Dec21.215358.4886@netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 06:56:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.215358.4886@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
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- >Thomas Day is correct in pointing out, in effect, that free trade is not
- >an ethical or moral principle, but is an economic principle we have
- >been taught, based on some fundamental assumptions.
-
- Really? Do you really think that the question of whether a man ought to
- control the product of his labor is a moral question? It is certainly
- one with economic implications, but it IS a moral issue. I should
- point out that if one concludes that from a moral perspective, the
- products of one's labor ought to be controlled by the society in
- general rather than by the one who produced it, the question of free
- trade in the economic arena becomes moot.
-
- --Brian
-