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To: Dayuhan who wrote (50577)	8/11/1999 11:05:00 AM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I said nothing about whether I thought these things were right or wrong. I said that holding the industry responsible for deaths by smoking, or Ford responsible for the Pinto deaths (though there is an additional issue here involving informed choice) is inconsistent with a libertarian position. Quite so. (Spoken by a libertarian.)

To: Dayuhan who wrote (50577)	8/11/1999 11:40:00 AM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 108807

I said that holding the industry responsible for deaths by smoking, or Ford responsible for the Pinto deaths (though there is an additional issue here involving informed choice) is inconsistent with a libertarian position. I don't see why. For me, the libertarian position is that a) people should be free to do what they want to as long as it does not unreasonably interfere with another person's rights, and b) people should be responsible for what they do. If I make a bathtub of gin and feed it to people and they get sick because it was bad gin, even though it was their free choice to drink the stuff knowing that I had made it in my bathtub, I am still responsible for my part in it, too. My responsibity for my actions is not eliminated by subsequent actions of others.