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Nic Tideman: The
Structure of an Inquiry into the Attractiveness of A Social Order
Inspired by the Ideas of Henry George
I. Ethical
Principles
A. People own
themselves and therefore own what
they produce.
B. People have obligations to share equally the opportunities that
are provided by nature.
C. People are free to interact with other competent adults on
whatever terms are mutually agreed.
D. People have obligations to pay the costs that their intrusive
behaviors impose on others.
II. Ethical
Questions
A. What is
the relationship between justice (as
embodied in the ethical principles) and community (or peace or
harmony)?
B. How are the weak to be provided for?
C. How should natural opportunities be shared?
D. Who should be included in the group among whom rent should be
shared equally?
E. Is there an obligation to compensate those whose presently
recognized titles to land and other exclusive natural opportunities
will lose value when rent is shared equally?
F. Can a person who is occupying a per capita share of land
reasonably ask to be left undisturbed indefinitely on that land?
G. What is the moral status of "intellectual property?"
H. What standards of environmental respect can people reasonably
require of others?
I. What forms of land use control are consistent with the philosophy
of Henry George?
III.
Efficiency Questions
A. Would public
collection of the rent of land
provide enough revenue for an appropriate public sector?
B. How much revenue could public collection of rent raise?
C. Is it possible to assess land with sufficient accuracy?
D. How much growth can a community expect if it shifts taxes from
improvements to land?
E. To what extent does the benefit that one community receives from
shifting taxes from buildings to land come at the expense of other
communities?
F. What is the impact of land taxes on land speculation?
G. How, if at all, does the impact of shifting the source of public
revenue to land change if it is a whole nation rather than just a
community that makes the shift?
H. Is there a danger that the application of Henry George's ideas
would lead to a world of over-development?
I. How would natural resources be managed appropriately if
they were
regarded as the common heritage of humanity?
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