michael3@garfield.UUCP (Mike Rendell) (05/31/85)
: The whole idea behind Libertarianism is that people are able to make decisions on their own without submitting to the whims of any futher desicion making body.In other words,if XXX,Inc. is aware that it is poisoning consumers that it should be obli- gated by law to make all potential consumers aware of the fact, much as cigarettes are obligated to carry the Surgeon-General's warning.With this information at hand,the consumer will decide for himself if the product is worth the risk.Likewise,if someone discovers a way to manufacture the product without the risk,he will become rich,since in all likelihood ratioal people will choose his product.The potential of financial success becomes the incentive towards developing safer products. PSP *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) (06/05/85)
>/* michael3@garfield.UUCP (Mike Rendell) / 9:40 pm May 30, 1985 */ > The whole idea behind Libertarianism is that people are able to > make decisions on their own without submitting to the whims of > any futher desicion making body.In other words,if XXX,Inc. is > aware that it is poisoning consumers that it should be obli- > gated by law to make all potential consumers aware of the fact, > much as cigarettes are obligated to carry the Surgeon-General's > warning.With this information at hand,the consumer will decide > for himself if the product is worth the risk.Likewise,if someone > discovers a way to manufacture the product without the risk,he > will become rich,since in all likelihood ratioal people will > choose his product.The potential of financial success becomes > the incentive towards developing safer products. > PSP Actually, the need to please consumers to a greater degree than the competition would act as an incentive for companies to provide such labelling, provided, of course, that consumers cared about such labelling. Therefore, there would be no need for laws forcing companies to provide the labelling. Mike Sykora