Wayne Hsiung
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Radiolab
What is a Pig Worth?
But remember, like, theft requires proving that the thing that was taken has, quote, value.
Radiolab
What is a Pig Worth?
So yeah, they just said it has to have value.
Radiolab
What is a Pig Worth?
And you have to keep in mind here, there's two types of value in the room.
Radiolab
What is a Pig Worth?
There's the economic value, which if you took this argument that it was zero or even negative would get them off the hook.
Radiolab
What is a Pig Worth?
But also this other kind of value, like the inherent value of a living thing, a being.
Radiolab
What is a Pig Worth?
It's what motivated him to take the piglets in the first place.
Radiolab
What is a Pig Worth?
And if the piglets have that kind of value, then the law says he should be guilty.