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Ideas for 'The Sayings of Confucius', 'The Metaphysics of Causation' and 'Draft Statement of Human Obligations'

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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights

23820	People need personal and collective property, and a social class lacking property is shameful [Weil]
	Full Idea: The human soul has need of both personal property and collective property. …The existence of a social class defined by the lack of personal and collective property is as shameful as slavery.
	From: Simone Weil (Draft Statement of Human Obligations [1943], p.229)
	A reaction: Nice. Particularly the idea that we all need collective property, such as parks and beaches and public buildings.