>>>What gives us the moral right to demand such a thing?
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>>You ask great questions, Michael.
>>Before I try to answer that one, I'd like to know a bit more about the context.
>>What, if anything, do you think gives you the moral right to demand anything of someone else and if there is such a right, what would be something that you think that you have the moral right to demand?
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>Very little.
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>If a policeman demands your automobile because he likes the color, not moral.
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>If a policeman demands your automobile while in hot pursuit of a kidnapped child, I think we would all agree that is moral.

By that standard, it's the motive of the confiscator that gives the moral right.
Is that what you had in mind?