Contradictions inherent to Homestead

Not quite. The scientific method and the mechanism by which social norms arise are both instances of order emerging from a process of discovery through trial-and-error (Darwinian selection). For this reason, neither property nor liberty are fundamental or ultimate. If there is an objectively ultimate aim of human social norms it would be individual satisfaction and (more indirectly) biological survival and reproduction.

Property law and the range of permission-free action (liberty/freedom) both arise from a process of discovery through trial-and-error. You can read more about my views on this subject here and here.

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