I don't believe there's any injustice here — Terrapin Station
Is your argument that feminism does not effect you, therefore it is of no value? — Banno
I must be misunderstanding you.
I'm more impressed by Martha Nussbaum. It better reflects the view of justice over mere equity reflected in the picture I posted. — Banno
Suppose I make a judgement that there is no injustice here, yet someone else claims the contrary. Is my judgement sufficient? — Banno
One of the outstanding characteristics of the privileged is their inherent inability to see their privilege. — Banno
My point is the simple observation that treating everyone equally serves only to maintain existing inequities. — Banno
The great disgust at man - it strangled me and had crept into my throat: and what the soothsayer had presaged: "All is alike, nothing is worthwhile, knowledge strangles."
A long twilight limped on before me, a fatally weary, fatally intoxicated sadness, which spoke with yawning mouth.
"Eternally he returns, the man of whom you are weary, the small man" — Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra, p172
My point is the simple observation that treating everyone equally serves only to maintain existing inequities.
— Banno
I agree. — Merkwurdichliebe
then that would necessitate the oppression of certain character types, preventing them from realizing their uniqe potential. — Merkwurdichliebe
If every individual is equally unique, and we treat them all the same, then that would necessitate the oppression of certain character types, preventing them from realizing their uniqe potential. — Merkwurdichliebe
I don't know about that. But in the experiment I layed out, — Merkwurdichliebe
We can't both maintain inequities yet be treating people equally. — Terrapin Station
So tell the same story in terms of frustrated potential. — Banno
What did the unequal distribution of boxes lead to? — Banno
No idea what you're talking about there. — Terrapin Station
Whether it's unequal depends on how you frame it. If we're talking about with respect to the view, it's not unequal. — Terrapin Station
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