(08-06-2013, 11:57 AM)Zyrusticae Wrote: No, what you're talking about is entirely a consequence of scarcity. Remove scarcity as a factor and property is completely unnecessary.
Perhaps, but then we're talking about a reality different from our own entirely. Philosophy is rooted in our perception of reality, so of course a hypothetical that changes the basic rules would give rise to different concepts.
Quote:There are entire generations of human culture where the idea of 'property', at least in the sense we think of it, simply did not exist.
Of course. Property as a right can't come up until the concept of individual rights exists, something that was certainly not present in all human cultures. My point is that property rights are a necessary consequence of the notion of individual rights; it need not have anything to do with a materialistic culture as you said it did. Then again, perhaps you have a much broader definition of "materialistic culture" than I do. I suspect we probably have a different definition of "individual rights" as well, so its probably best if we stop or take this to PMs before we veer too far off the topic!
