On Moral Right

[tylerdurden]

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If I were going to die, I'd steal it in a heartbeat

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That's probably what would happen in such an edge case, even if there were widespread belief in absolute property rights.

Basically, this kind of question is similar to the "what if there's a ticking nuke in manhattan" objection to torture bans. If such a scenario actually develops, and the authorities get a suspect who knows where the bomb is, you can be pretty sure someone is going to torture the guy if he won't talk, whether or not there's any law against it.