Goal vs Means
Jul. 21st, 2011 01:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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If you answered 'no' to either question, I would be very happy to hear your reasons.
I know that these scenarios are ridiculous; I am not 100% convinced about pretty much anything in my life. But I am curious if anyone finds the non-economic reasons for these things (and ones certainly exist!) to be compelling even in the absence of economic benefit. I tend to look at reasons like "high taxes on the rich are akin to stealing and therefore wrong" or "the rich benefit most from social order and therefore should pay more" as less 'sufficient justification by themselves' than as an explanation of why one system or the other would be better from a total economic perspective. I am curious whether or not others feel the same way.
If you answered 'no' to either question, I would be very happy to hear your reasons.
I know that these scenarios are ridiculous; I am not 100% convinced about pretty much anything in my life. But I am curious if anyone finds the non-economic reasons for these things (and ones certainly exist!) to be compelling even in the absence of economic benefit. I tend to look at reasons like "high taxes on the rich are akin to stealing and therefore wrong" or "the rich benefit most from social order and therefore should pay more" as less 'sufficient justification by themselves' than as an explanation of why one system or the other would be better from a total economic perspective. I am curious whether or not others feel the same way.
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Date: 2011-07-22 05:42 pm (UTC)