• Is the Buying and Selling of People Morally Right?

     

    Essays2 Law

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Published: 31.01.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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Extract

Based on the substantial ideas provided by John Locke and other readings, President Schwarzenegger?s proposal to allow the buying of substitutes for the draft is wrong because it promotes the devaluation of humans based on their economic status and opposes the theory of utilitarianism as well as the concept of distribution.
One Prime reason why the proposal is wrong is the concept that buying a human is a form of slavery and a portrayal of inequality. …

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