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A relevant thought experiment: How would you set up a social system, knowing that you would be reborn into it as a completely random member? That is, your chan
by dsr_ 9y ago
A relevant thought experiment:
How would you set up a social system, knowing that you would be reborn into it as a completely random member? That is, your chance of getting an education, having family stability, finding work and otherwise surviving being exactly in line with the way you set that system up from the beginning?
Secondarily relevant question: which existing system offers you the best probability of a satisfactory life given that random start? What features of that system make it better?
- ameister14 9y agoKantian republic.
- distances 9y ago> Secondarily relevant question: which existing system offers you the best probability of a satisfactory life given that random start? What features of that system make it better? One of the Northern European social democracies is a strong bet. High-trust societies with free education, good social safety net in cast I end up in a broken family, and stable democracies with proven track record of improving the society vs. improving conditions just for the main voting populace. I think that high-trust part is one of the most important ones if often overlooked. I think it means in practice that you don't have to worry of being ruined even if your clique doesn't win, and you don't have to second-guess everyone's true motives.
- dfps 9y agoGood points.
- dfps 9y agoNice suggestion! What would be your own answer to it?