0G78: Omelas and Distributive Justice
Philosophers In Space
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The Risks of Radical Egalitarianism
Radical egalitarianism is often raised with conservative political culture. The best systems are ones where people are allowed to earn different amounts of money for the sake of if they want to work harder or something like that those tend to be more productive flourishing kinds of systems, says John Rawls. libertarians who come along and say that any attempt to to factor in these kinds of egalitarian or even maximum balancing systems will cause more harm than good so we should stick to a liberal as libertarian and as possible kind of system according to David Frum.
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