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There are two instances of unfair. It's unfair for the dropbox guys to lose $27 on the permit. But it's also unfair to have your neighbourhood change too quic
by gerbilly 9y ago
There are two instances of unfair.
It's unfair for the dropbox guys to lose $27 on the permit.
But it's also unfair to have your neighbourhood change too quickly for you to be able to adapt and continue living there.
What I'm saying is that there are moral categories to strive for beyond fairness.
IMHO, humans are too caught up on fairness. In a way nothing is 'fair'. Morality has to be situational, and trying to impose a top down moral framework is only a necessary evil.
We should strive to do the right thing in the moment.
If you want moral certainty, then you'll never get it. No one can give you that.
- BeetleB 9y ago>We should strive to do the right thing in the moment That's both a circular statement, and an ambiguous one. Both sides were doing the right thing at the moment. The only party that was clearly in the wrong were the people who were renting out the space. The reason this whole thread exists is that there is not a consensus on what the "right" behavior should have been. Pretending there was one right way to go is adding to the disconnect and gap between the two parties.
- gerbilly 9y agoMaybe it's not the 'right' way, but to it seems like there was an attractive alternative (play pickup with the local guys) that could have had a transformative effect on the situation. Perhaps you're hung up on my using the 'right thing' in my earlier post. Hey, I'm speaking colloquially here as most of us are. I could have rewritten that using formal logic symbols perhaps, but the no one would read it. The crux of my argument is that there was an opportunity to look beyond who had the 'right' to play on that field at that time.