The Mechanism of Ownership: Lost and Found, Lesson 1
An introductory overview of the nature of ownership, highlighting three fundamental principles related to ownership.
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55:30Found it, Keep it? Part 1
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1:03:07Found it, Keep it? Part 2
What is the rationale for ownership? More basically, human beings NEED things. G-d does not need things the way we do. We need things material and otherwise (come to think of it, adultery is like stealing love). So ownership allows us to have those things, to be entitled to those things, and then it follows that recognizing ownership keeps society in order (or keeps order in society).