Journeyman Philosopher

I recently watched an interesting newscast on BBC discussing Spain’s current problems caused by a drought. This raises many issues that were covered in my previous topic ‘Privatization of Water’ , however it as well raises many various different issues. The newscast can be found here.

Do the people of the different regions of Spain have an ethical prerogative to assist their neighbors, or is Eragon’s approach acceptable?

It seems to me that Eragon has taken the right approach ‘Water for everyone but not for everything’ seems like a good motto. But a huge problem with their controversial approach is that the government of Spain could just as easily divert the river without Eragon’s permission. Resource sharing and resource ownership are very complicated issues. As well without any distinct definitions of ‘not for everything’ it seems that Eragon’s approach is quite vague.

Where I live in Alberta, Canada it is common that landowners are moved by oil developers who discover oil under the landowner’s houses. Now it is not enough to own the land, you as well need to prospect it and get the rights of what exists underneath it. Unfortunately this is a very expensive process that is nearly impossible for the average individual.

I will continue with this tomorrow.

Until then what do you think?