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Would such a right entitle me to be able to camp out on your property? Back yard? Forest behind your backyard? Forest 10 miles away from the nearest dwelling
by SkyBelow 7y ago
Would such a right entitle me to be able to camp out on your property? Back yard? Forest behind your backyard? Forest 10 miles away from the nearest dwelling?
This isn't a fictitious question either, because some countries do have such laws (with some level of exception for actual places of dwelling). At the core is the notion of being able to own something, which itself is something we feel is simple because of how common we engage in the act, but which philosophically is far more complicated to deal with than people give credit (even more so when one considers nature gives no sanctity to the body).
In general governments have 'good enough' laws that make enough people happy without getting to the real philosophical questions, but in doing so leave open edge cases which have unsatisfactory answers because the philosophy cannot be reconciled with the practice.