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Michael Sandel on Markets and Morals

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tabi Avatar
tabi
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Posted: 07.30.09, 07:04 AM
Actually, there IS a price... some migrants like southamericans and mexicans have to pay their "handler" a lot of money... so there is your system in place now! Not a bad idea... at all... yes... paying other nations, stroke of genius!
Thank you for a very enlightening talk, had a great time and could hardly hold my laughter to listen...
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daniel_t
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Posted: 07.27.09, 01:19 PM
Sandel basically described a cap-and-trade system for human trafficking.

Just like with emissions, Japan and other countries, may very well be willing to sign on to such a system, after all they signed the Kyoto Protocol. But should we be putting a price on these people's lives in the first place?
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gmarquez
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Posted: 07.26.09, 12:05 AM
First off, why would Japan or any other country agree to a situation in which they would be paying for something that they didn't currently pay for and would bring them no explicit benefit. This doesn't seem to be the win-win situation which he attempts to describe. In America, it is said that all men are created equal and have rights such as Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness which are INALIENABLE. They cannot be alienated or transfered by putting a price on them. I feel there is a better way to solve this issue which still preserve these ideals which the founders believed in.
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