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Philosophically, what do I owe society if I exist without my consent? What is actually morally wrong about opting out and choosing to live on the kindness of so
by rangestransform 1y ago
Philosophically, what do I owe society if I exist without my consent? What is actually morally wrong about opting out and choosing to live on the kindness of society, if society is willingly kind to me through charity or laws? The social contract is a good place to start to think about this but still doesn’t address where someone’s debt to society comes from, besides not actively harming other humans.
- simianparrot 1y agoFor you to live comfortably off society without contributing anything back means someone else is paying for your comfort both monetarily (like taxes) or with their time and energy, maintaining all the services to facilitate your lifestyle. If you don’t see that as at least a little immoral that’s up to you, but I would never be comfortable doing so. It goes against my fundamental character. Society only works through cooperation, it’s not about a “debt”.
- rayiner 1y agoObligations taken on through consent are only a subset of all obligations. Obligations also arise out of the nature of a thing and its relationship to other things.
- rangestransform 1y agoI'd be genuinely interested to hear about the other types of obligations, even if you just linked some reading material