Anonymous asked:
I think it's sort of a mistake to try to come up with a "real" definition of private property. It's not a physical truth about the universe we can discover if we only try hard enough; it's an agreement we can make amongst ourselves. I mean, there are better and worse ways of defining it, but the goal should be "useful" (like, for social/legal purposes, such that it's fairly clear to everyone what IS considered theirs) rather than "philosophically airtight".
argumate answered:
Yes. Even if you do come up with a definitive proof of something you still have the problem of some geezer with a shotgun ignoring all of your logic.
Well I’m not the AnCap here arguing that property rights are the basis of all morality stemming from “self ownership”. If property rights are a moral truth that exists independently of humanity, then the details would also have to exist that way. If property rights are useful rather than true, or true only insomuch as they are useful, then the details of sheep field allocation can be resolved through negotiation after you obtain the sheep.
