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The same reasonable people who believe that also believe in reasonable limits to taking responsibility for other peoples' emotional well-being. It's not right
by satisfice 3y ago
The same reasonable people who believe that also believe in reasonable limits to taking responsibility for other peoples' emotional well-being.
It's not right to cry "theft" as if it is unethical to leave things undone that should not be done by anyone, or as if it is unethical to delegate to people to whom it is in your lawful power to delegate. It is, in a way, EVIL, to call that theft. It trivializes the notion of theft.
- maxbond 3y ago> It's not right to cry "theft" as if it is unethical to leave things undone that should not be done by anyone I understand that Newport argues that and tasks shouldn't be done at all, but this is not at all a fair representation of the author's position. > It is, in a way, EVIL, to call that theft. It trivializes the notion of theft. You can critique their rhetoric but "evil" is an overreaction. Indeed, your critique that they are weakening the definition of theft applies to your use of "evil".