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Originally Posted by Brutha  Why is the right of property ownership more important than the right to life? |
The right to life is this: no one has a right to attack you as an aggressor or kill you. (Though you definitely have the right to defend yourself if you are attacked!) In fact, if you own your own body (and you do), than your right not to be attacked or killed is included in your property right; the right not to have your property damaged, destroyed, or stolen by another person. Your right to your own honestly earned/produced wealth is the means by which you sustain your life.
If you think the right to life means that I have a right to take your honestly produced wealth in order to pay for my medical care, or the government has the right to steal your wealth through taxes in order to pay for my medical care, than you assume that I have the right to steal your means of sustaining *your* life in order to sustain mine. Why should my life be any more important or valuable than yours?