PROPERTY


It is important to understand a few accurate definitions of private property. These add reliability to the importance of life.

PROPERTY is the individual man’s (and woman’s) life and all non-procreative derivatives of his (her) life. Ownership of property is the basis of liberty.

There are three categories of property according to Andrew J. Galambos, astrophysicist and philosopher:
 
1)    Primordial property is life itself. Only the individual owns his life, which excludes
slavery. Children are not property; they have property rights of their own. Parents are their guides. And, men do not own women.

2)    Primary property, thoughts and ideas are the first derivatives of an
      individual’s life. (sometimes referred to as “intellectual” property) Thoughts 
      belong to the individual who originates them. Ideas are successfully communicated
      thoughts.

      All personal actions result from personal thoughts. Ownership of thoughts means 
      ownership of actions, and thus the individual (not society) is responsible for his
      own actions. By recognizing and accepting the ownership of primary property,  
      intellectual freedom arises and inspires expansion of knowledge and production.

3)    Secondary property is derived from thoughts and ideas, and subsequent actions. This includes inventions and the production, utilization, and enjoyment of material, tangible goods of all kinds such as architecture, the means of transportation, and all consumer goods.

          Further extensions of man’s life and actions lead to voluntary transactions and
          contracts.

The importance of precise and workable definitions leads to accurate thinking and predictably productive action and applications.

Ownership of private property is the basis of capitalism, liberty, freedom, and justice; and it is the foundation of the United States of America’s Constitution.

Compiled by David L. Wood, M.D., Long Beach, CA, Aug. 31, 2009.