Thank you to all who joined us Wednesday afternoon to hear Dr. James Lark give a lecture on the foundational principles of the philosophy of liberty in government. Dr. Lark shaped his speech around three major principles:
1) Individuals command self ownership
2) What is rightfully produced through your labor belongs to you
3) That land can be rightfully parcelled and owned by individuals
The question I had for Dr. Lark which time did not permit us to get to was whether the government can rightfully possess property, like having federal buildings on land owned by the government. What justification would there be? I can’t imagine how a government could not own property to place courts and jails on and what not. I’ll bring it up at our next meeting and hear what you all think.
MP
