But there is one thing to be said in favor of decision making by owners. To become an owner, certain thrift, forbearance and concern have already been expressed, either by the owner in person, or by those others who bestowed the property upon him and thus expect him to make decisions. The only thing that can be said in favor of having non-owners make decisions over property they do not own is that they are there. But the owner is there, too. Something needs to be said about decisions.
Any decision is a finality.
We cannot have it both ways. You cannot have your cake and eat it, too. If you decide affirmatively in these last questions, then you have decided that man should be kept like an animal in a cage. Some other human being with no more wit nor wisdom than any other. Finally, there is the question of right and wrong.