This week we had a great discussion in philosophy about whether it was possible to have the right to sell air. Some really interesting ideas came up in during the session, so I would love you to carry on the debate for homework.
Think about the following questions:
Is it possible to have the right to sell air?
What about water?
Is it possible to say what should and what should not be sold?
Get posting!
I think it is impossible to sell air because it is invisible and it’s all around you.
There’s no right to sell air because you can’t sell air it’s all around you.
Some people do sell water, but to save their lives and there’s no point in selling water if you have a tap because you can drink from that.
Yes it is possible because like I said, people do sell water and so it is possible.
You shouldn’t sell air, unless you’re trying to save a person’s life or catch it but you’ll never really sell air because its really hard to!
You can sell water because everyone has to pay for it because in order to have it there has to be expensive pipes and filters. You can sell air if you want but air is all around you and for free.You can sell what you want but nobody would buy something that is for free around you.
It is possible to say what you should and should’nt sell because it is illegal to sell drugs.
I think it is possible to have the right to sell air but there is no point because we already have air all around us. I think there is a right to sell water because without water you will dehydrate and die. I think it is possible to say what should be and should not be sold because you cant sell air.
I think no because air belongs to everyone even if their poor you still have air. So you could sell air, but no-one would buy it because you can get air anywhere. Well, you can have the right to sell air but you would get bad business, probably anyway.
Amy
I think he doesn’t have the right to sell air because you can just go and get it yourself!
But he does have the right to sell water because people sell it today!
i agree with lots of you
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I think it is silly to sell air because it is all around you unless you are selling it to people who are going scuba diving. Also, it would have to be good air because you can’t have polluted air.
Well you can buy water but you also could drink from your tap even though water bills can sometimes be really high.
It is possible to say what you can and can’t sell because you should always know what is and isn’t legal to sell.
He can sell it, but it actually polluted air because the bottles of air can be dirty and where did the bottles come from and what is the point of getting fresh air (polluted) if you can just go to the fresh air and you can enjoy it for as long as you like but when you have it in a bottle it just goes away and it’s wasting your money!
You do have the right to sell air and water.
You can sell air, but it probably won’t sell well.
I think the water will sell better.
It is possible to say what and what should not be sold.
I think he has the right to sell air because if people are buying water and they can go and get that then why can’t he sell air, even if you can get it yourself.
I think that you shouldn’t have the right to sell air because it is all around us and we can just get it for free by breathing it in and out. You do have the right to sell water because somebody has made it ready to drink , but if you just take water from a stream then it will be replaced by more water so it should be free. I think that it is not right to say what should be sold and what shouldn’t be sold in the environment because nobody owns it (apart from land).
I think that you can sell air but there is no point because we have air all around us.
I think that you should be able to sell water because the water in the lakes and rivers are dirty and full of tiny germs and bacteria and people are already selling it.
It is not possible to sell air because it’s all around us and you could get it from the mountain yourself!
It is possible to sell water because loads of people sell it.
I think he does have the right to sell air because there’s nothing wrong with it and people can choose if they can buy it the same with water. 🙂
I think you can sell air because if someone wanted to buy something, you definitely have the right to sell it. If you were selling pure clean air from some where, then it could work but if you were selling dirty air, then maybe not. If someone was in need of fresh air, and they were really ill, and they only had bad air, then what I would do, is give a big bottle of air for free. (If I knew them.) But I think you could just sell air cheaply for those who need it.
Maeve
I think that he doesn’t have the right to sell air because air is free. You can’t just go and get air and sell it for a price.
But he does have the right to sell water as water is not easy to get.
You can sell air because a air tank has air in it an people sell air tanks. But, it would have to be free.
I think he does have the right to sell air because it’s like a river: the water goes once in a while but new water comes. It’s the same as air, you dont have to go climb a huge mountain to get air when it is all around you.
It is possible to sell air, because no one owns air. It owns itself. So if a person comes and collects air you can’t stop them.It is possible to sell water, unless someone has a tiny stream in their garden, then you would have to ask. It is some times possible because some things are illegal, so if anything you see is illegal or anything is being sold illegally report it. But if what you are selling isn’t illegal you cannot say the person can’t sell it.
I think it depends where you live because if you live in a very polluted city you may need fresh air soooooooo much you would be willing to pay for it. Where as if you lived in the countryside you could just go to a mountain and get fresh air your self. You could also sell it to astronauts, but the question is should the government provide free air for astronauts, scuba divers and the NHS? I dont know, that is a whole new topic.
I think people should have the right to sell air, if only for the fools who want to pay for it, but I’d rather live in a world that has less debt by buying stuff they don’t need.
I don’t think your allowed to sell air because that’s like opening your hands and saying this is £1!
Yes it is possible!
No because we have a right to get air for free!