Is the buying and selling of people morally right?

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Based on the substantial ideas provided by John Locke and other readings, President Schwarzenegger?s proposal to allow the buying of substitutes for the draft is wrong because it promotes the devaluation of humans based on their economic status and opposes the theory of utilitarianism as well as the concept of distribution. One Prime reason why the proposal is wrong is the concept that buying a human is a form of slavery and a portrayal …

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…and therefore this proposal serves only in the interests of a small group compared to a greater good. Many times, government proposals favor the rich at the expense of the poor. President Schwarnegger?s proposal, which allows for the purchasing of substitutes for the draft is morally wrong because it corrupts the meaning of ?human? by allowing slavery and inequality. It also deviates from government responsibility and corrupts what it means to be a citizen.