[Gllug] Uh oh, ministers consider "anti file-sharing laws"

[Iain Conochie]

John G Walker wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:43:48 +0100 Iain Conochie <iain at shihad.org>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> IMHO just because money and 
>> property rights are "man made" as such (we define their place in 
>> society) and as such are social realities, this does not justify the
>> tag of being un-natural. They are a part of the natural world, just
>> as the market economy is a natural state
>>     
>
> It's not clear what you mean by "natural" here. I tend to use the word
> "natural" to refer to what happens if there's no human intervention,
> which is clearly not what you mean. perhaps you could define your terms.
>   

OK. From dictionary.com

2.based on the state of things in nature; constituted by nature: Growth 
is a natural process.

But as usual using the term in it's own definition leads to a circular 
definition. But it will do :)

> Incidentally, as an economist, I'd categorise a market economy as
> neither man-made not natural, but an unattainable ideal. But then I'm a
> vulgar empiricist,
>   

<pedant>
Surely that is market economy with perfect market interactions ;)
</pedant>


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