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Lumifer comments on Open Thread, January 4-10, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 05 January 2016 08:15:06PM 1 point [-]

moral analysis in terms of rights is ever the right place to begin.

I am not so much asking for moral analysis as for precise definitions for "using force or fraud in a wider meaning of the word; sometimes perfectly legally; often using the wealth they already have as a weapon". That seems like a very malleable part which can be bent into any shape desired.

Comment author: gjm 05 January 2016 08:47:00PM -1 points [-]

Well, that would be for Viliam to clarify rather than for me, should he so choose. It doesn't seem excessively malleable to me, for what it's worth.