Timeline for What are the benefits of protecting the weak from the stronger?
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| Jun 19, 2016 at 4:21 | answer | added | Julián Landerreche | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 16, 2016 at 18:41 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhilosophy/status/743513788649975808 | ||
| Jun 16, 2016 at 4:59 | history | edited | mavavilj | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 16, 2016 at 4:43 | comment | added | Michael | A fundamental distinction missing from the question is whether by strong you mean those individuals inherently having more power (physically, mentally, emotionally, intellectually stronger) versus those individuals whose strength has been gained by social means such as through accumulation of wealth and resources. A genius may have strength of mind while a millionaire may have strength in guns and body guards. These two types of individuals can and usually are quite different, not only in substance but in their effect on society. Please state which type, if either, is in question here. | |
| Jun 16, 2016 at 1:24 | answer | added | Doctor Zhivago | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 14, 2016 at 14:15 | answer | added | Eliot G York | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 15:12 | history | edited | user6917 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 13, 2016 at 15:06 | answer | added | Cort Ammon | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 15:06 | answer | added | user6917 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 13:40 | answer | added | user9166 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 12:24 | comment | added | Martine Votvik | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 12:23 | comment | added | mavavilj | I don't think ethical theories necessarily pose more truth than ethical opinions. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 12:21 | comment | added | Martine Votvik | Maybe you should considder the difference between a theory and an opinion man :/ but depending on how you are planning on utilising the information you get from asking, the difference might be insignificant to you personally. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 12:17 | answer | added | DisplayName | timeline score: -2 | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 12:15 | comment | added | mavavilj | @MartineVotvik Are ethical theories not opinions? | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 12:15 | comment | added | Martine Votvik | But again, if you are not dealing with spesific ethical theories in asking this, then the scope of the question is impossibly wide. Or alternatly you'll end up getting peoples personal opinions on the matter, which might be interesting, but irrelevant to any further application. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 12:04 | comment | added | mavavilj | @MartineVotvik I think the problem is that political ideologies "presuppose" that people must be protected from people. I have not seen a political ideology that would hold otherwise. Which is why the question. However there have been political ideologies that have incorporated e.g. racial oppression in their programs. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 11:04 | comment | added | Martine Votvik | I'm new to this place and I'm not an expert on philosophy either, so I might be out of line here, but isn't this question a bit too broad and general to be entirely appropriate? Wouldn't it be better to ask about which ethical theories support protecting the weak from the stronger, and why? Or even narrower, ask about a specific ethical theory and how it deals with this question. You might get a lot more interesting answers. | |
| Jun 13, 2016 at 10:12 | answer | added | user22002 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 11, 2016 at 10:11 | answer | added | curi | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 11, 2016 at 9:55 | history | asked | mavavilj | CC BY-SA 3.0 |