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Whether this is a problem is debatable, but referring to it as 'Injustice' is entitled and inappropriately hyperbolic.
by molecule 13y ago
Whether this is a problem is debatable, but referring to it as 'Injustice' is entitled and inappropriately hyperbolic.
- dredmorbius 13y agoInjustice: "a quality relating to unfairness or undeserved outcomes. The term may be applied in reference to a particular event or situation, or to a larger status quo. In Western philosophy and jurisprudence, injustice is very commonly, but not always, defined as either the absence or the opposite of justice." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injustice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injustice Justice "is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, equity and fairness." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice An entitlement "is a guarantee of access to something, such as to welfare benefits, based on established rights or by legislation. A "right" is itself an entitlement associated with a moral or social principle" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entitlement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entitlement Criticizing an inherently moral concept on the grounds of a claim to morality is ... somewhere between irrational and ignorant.
- molecule 13y agoNext paragraph: In a casual sense, the term "entitlement" refers to a notion or belief that one (or oneself) has a right to some particular reward or benefit— if given without deeper legal or principled cause, the term is often given with pejorative connotation (e.g. a "sense of entitlement"). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entitlement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entitlement
- dredmorbius 13y agoIt does but as a secondary sense. I still find the criticism voiced wanting.