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Assignment:
Read Case 3.1, Eminent Domain, and then answer the following questions.
1. How did Suzette and her neighbors feel about the city taking their property? Assuming that the proposed development would help to revitalize New London, is it just for the city to appropriate private property around Fort Turnbull?
2. Are towns such as New London and Salina pursuing wise, beneficial, and progressive social policies, or are their actions socially harmful and biased against ordinary working people and small-business owners?
3. Do you believe that eminent domain is a morally legitimate right of government? Explain why or why not.
4. "If just compensation is paid, then by definition those who lose their property cannot claim that they have been treated unjustly." Assess this argument. Can compensation be just even if one of the parties is unwilling to accept it?
5. Is it fair to the community if an individual refuses payment and blocks a socially useful project? Putting legal issues aside, are there situations in which it would be morally permissible for government to seize private property for the public good with less than full compensation or even with no compensation at all?