tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398380587565056325.post4473732581231290501..comments2023-11-05T07:32:13.339+00:00Comments on Oxford Libertarian Society Blog: Getting Past the Wordsoxlibertarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03486882962781565208noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398380587565056325.post-63087052611445739652010-09-26T13:00:07.995+01:002010-09-26T13:00:07.995+01:00Some valuable points here, but your approach seems...Some valuable points here, but your approach seems solidly utilitarian.<br /><br />I don't dispute the importance of utilitarian arguments, but this approach has its limitations.<br /><br />As Stephen Kinsella <a href="http://www.cobdencentre.org/2010/09/goods-scarce-and-nonscarce/comment-page-1/#comment-6905" rel="nofollow">put it</a>,<br /><br /><i>utilitarianism is methodologically flawed (value is ordinal not cardinal and not interpersonally comparable) and morally bankrupt (it's immoral to steal from A to give to B even if A is richer, even if the money taken "means less" to A than it does to B)</i><br /><br />Although focusing purely on principles can leave one mired in philosophy, I think there is value in attacking the moral precepts of socialism. You can do this without a deep understanding of the RAND experiment, or any other empirical studies.Suboptimal Planethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03326225284771369172noreply@blogger.com