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	<title>The Middle Class Forum &#187; Natural Rights</title>
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		<title>Human Nature and Bertrand Russell</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		I know a bit about Bertrand Russell but have never read anything by him.  This reveals an empirical quirk in my nature.  I never read books about long-distance backpacking because I choose to experience that rather than read about it.  Just so, what I know about Russell reveals similarity in our thinking:  namely, that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Nature and John Stuart Mill (again)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		Since I&#8217;m a fan of John Stuart Mill why not throw in an extra quote by him about human nature?  Once again, metadata is from Quotationary by Leonard Roy Frank.
After the primary necessities of food and raiment, freedom is the first and strongest want of human nature.
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873).  The Subjection of Women, 4, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Nature and John Stuart Mill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		I&#8217;ve criticized many Enlightenment philosophers, and even John Stuart Mill had his paternalistic leanings, but for the most part there is no Enlightenment philosopher I&#8217;m in closer agreement with.  Here is one of two quotes from Mill pertinent to human nature, with metadata from Quotationary by Leonard Roy Frank.
Human nature is not a machine to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation: Indulgence or Philanthropy &#8211; Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/innovation-indulgence-or-philanthropy-part-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		Any recommendations I make regarding patents should be taken as just a rough mold to work into shape.  As covered last time, before any meaningful change can be done to patents themselves we likely would have to first reverse the damage done by the Supreme Court with their pro-corporate jurisprudence over the years.  In particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation: Indulgence or Philanthropy &#8211; Part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/innovation-indulgence-or-philanthropy-part-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/innovation-indulgence-or-philanthropy-part-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		This series has revolved around the quote &#8220;innovation without protection is philanthropy.&#8221;  Does philanthropy best disseminate innovations that people want to copy, or does preventing the natural tendency of humans to copy good ideas serve as a market stimulus for innovations by appealing to &#8220;natural&#8221; greed?
Innovations happen independently of corporations and neither corporations nor government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation: Indulgence or Philanthropy &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/innovation-indulgence-or-philanthropy-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/innovation-indulgence-or-philanthropy-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		What started this series is a quote in a NYT article stating &#8220;Innovation without protection is philanthropy.&#8221;  If you take government out of the equation there could be no protections for innovations.  Of course, if you take government protections out of the equation corporations could not exist, unlike proprietors who could.  To determine whether government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation: Indulgence or Philanthropy &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/innovation-indulgence-or-philanthropy-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/innovation-indulgence-or-philanthropy-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		The first thing to consider in regards to whether innovation is best indulged by government or used for philanthropy would be whether anyone would even consider philanthropy.  After all, we are constantly led to belief by laissez faire economists and corporate media that markets are run on self-interest.   Corporations strive to create the impression [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation: Indulgence or Philanthropy &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/innovation-indulgence-or-philanthropy-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/innovation-indulgence-or-philanthropy-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		A recent NYT article reported on a business partnership formed around innovative technology going sour.  The story line is familiar.  A partnership of business interests is formed, partly because it makes sense, and partly to get around some tax issues.  One of the partners is a &#8220;small guy&#8221; that innovates, the other partner is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restoring Balance &#8211; Natural Rights &#8211; Leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-balance-natural-rights-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-balance-natural-rights-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		This is the last chapter I wrote for natural rights.  There is a tie-in between this and Memorial Day which I will relate in an upcoming series.
If individuals focused on doing one thing all their lives without having a choice for alternatives they would become very effective and efficient at doing that one thing.  In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restoring Balance &#8211; Natural Rights &#8211; Flexibility</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-balance-natural-rights-flexibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-balance-natural-rights-flexibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 13:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		The next installment for my next book, Restoring Balance.  Here are the previous installments.
Curiosity spurred humans to explore new environments, leading them to migrate from Africa to all over the globe.  Yet this same curiosity of mind would not have amounted to much without the flexibility of our bodies and the natural right to choose [...]]]></description>
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