Trigger Warning: discussion of thoughts of suicide (and reasons not to commit it which were/are convincing to me)
All tagged ethics
Trigger Warning: discussion of thoughts of suicide (and reasons not to commit it which were/are convincing to me)
Deontology morally supports the development of meaningful freedoms, and Marxism aims to do just that in practice.
Statements about what is the case do not seem to imply what ought to be—but statements about what ought to be must imply certain things about what is the case. This post describes that observation, plus describes why I think the observation is helpful.
I think it is morally acceptable for people to care more for those closer to them, but only if we also morally require that people also extend such aid to those structurally deprived and disadvantaged.