tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post111702243695355752..comments2023-10-29T10:32:36.914-04:00Comments on Philosophy, et cetera: Historical JusticeRichard Y Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1117203544015123722005-05-27T10:19:00.000-04:002005-05-27T10:19:00.000-04:00You've made a good point, Richard.You've made a good point, Richard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1117098681172085502005-05-26T05:11:00.000-04:002005-05-26T05:11:00.000-04:00If a child is starving through no fault of their o...If a child is starving through no fault of their own, how could that <B>not</B> be an injustice? Sure, the libertarian theory of justice says it isn't. But surely that just proves that the libertarian theory is fundamentally wrong! (Or doesn't everyone share my intuitions about this case?)Richard Y Chappellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16725218276285291235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1117065114208402692005-05-25T19:51:00.000-04:002005-05-25T19:51:00.000-04:00I only wanted to disagree on one point with Craig'...I only wanted to disagree on one point with Craig's post. <BR/><BR/>I don't agree that some people incur fortune and others misfortune or that some are lucky and others unlucky. That's just too black and white. First, the definition of lucky/fortune may be different to me than you. Not everyone thinks of luck/fortune as financial independence or riches & glory. Secondly, I believe that everyone incurs a fair share of both good and bad. A man who comes from nothing can make himself something. And a man who was born with everything can become a nothing. A lot of what happens to you in life depends on what you do with your experiences; what you learn from them and how you deal with them. I'm not expert. This is just my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642011.post-1117060479865508312005-05-25T18:34:00.000-04:002005-05-25T18:34:00.000-04:00There is no justice in the fact that a child born ...<I>There is no justice in the fact that a child born into a rich family has better chances in life than he would have if born into a poor family instead.</I><BR/><BR/>But there is no injustice either. The theory of justice you describe pretty explicitly doesn't care about equality (or any other feature) of outcomes. So, some are born lucky, and some are not. Misfortune happens to some, and fortune to others. These facts are irrelevant to the justice of a situation.<BR/><BR/>If your intuition tells you that the poor child is suffering some injustice, then you'll want to select some alternative theory. As for assailing this one, I reply "The plight of the poor and the unlucky is a matter for <B>charity</B>, not <B>justice</B>".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com