> Building a more compassionate society means reminding ourselves of luck, and of the gratitude and obligations it entails, against inevitable resistance. No,

> Building a more compassionate society means reminding ourselves of luck, and of the gratitude and obligations it entails, against inevitable resistance. No, not at all. Moral obligations come from the idea of sharing your success with the rest of society instead of being strictly selfish, because you live in that society and it has the added benefits of indirectly helping you in the long run. Luck doesn’t change the sharing story and people don’t view luck that way either. When someone wins at a casino they don’t feel any obligation to share because it was lucky. You share out of moral obligation to support the common good, if there’s zero luck involved it doesn’t give you some moral ground to maximize your selfishness.