Private Property, Competition and Human Nature
Posted by CarolSeer2014 10 years, 3 months ago to Philosophy
Where do I start?
It is natural for humans to have a sense of some "things"--animal, vegetable, mineral, even ideas--as belonging to them. If that hadn't been the case, I assert, the species would not have evolved. That is, not survived. Even the celebrated Richard Dawkins was cognizant of this when he wrote his first book "The Selfish Gene." He was very young, though.
Anyway, without this sense of "mine" why would members of the species care for and protect these extensions of themselves?
My house, my wife, my child, my idea.
In another thread, someone mentioned that Indians may not have had a sense of "private property". As far as land is concerned, most tribes felt that land, like the sky, could not be owned, but I do believe they had a sense of property rights. "Take care. Take care of your homeplace, take care of your grandmother, take care of yourself" (Robbie Robinson.)
Ideas?
It is natural for humans to have a sense of some "things"--animal, vegetable, mineral, even ideas--as belonging to them. If that hadn't been the case, I assert, the species would not have evolved. That is, not survived. Even the celebrated Richard Dawkins was cognizant of this when he wrote his first book "The Selfish Gene." He was very young, though.
Anyway, without this sense of "mine" why would members of the species care for and protect these extensions of themselves?
My house, my wife, my child, my idea.
In another thread, someone mentioned that Indians may not have had a sense of "private property". As far as land is concerned, most tribes felt that land, like the sky, could not be owned, but I do believe they had a sense of property rights. "Take care. Take care of your homeplace, take care of your grandmother, take care of yourself" (Robbie Robinson.)
Ideas?
The word Frank, you know, also meant freemen. The Franks were one of the Germanic tribes who settled in France, were thought of as free, because they had not voluntarily tied themselves to a manor for safety and security.
The Franks were able to walk in freedom across the land. Well, it's romantic, anyway, and has lessons for us all.
I don't know how the these groups of Indians resolved these ownership issues.