Comments on: Thursday Morning Philosophy http://tedmeinhover.com/index.php/2007/04/25/thursday-morning-philosophy/ Tedericco Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: The Irreverent Seraph http://tedmeinhover.com/index.php/2007/04/25/thursday-morning-philosophy/comment-page-1/#comment-228 The Irreverent Seraph Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:20:57 +0000 http://tedmeinhover.com/index.php/2007/04/25/thursday-morning-philosophy/#comment-228 There have been times when I have argued such things in the same way and perhaps that is what irks me about the post. You are at times naive while still being impossible to disagree with. Equality is an absolute; you're either equal or you're not. Perfect equality, like perfect justice would be a terrible thing to behold. Even a conditional equality such as equality of opportunity, which is a laudable goal cannot be applied on a worldwide scale. Mind you I agree with your points on Human Rights and the efficacy of international law, but disparity exists as a natural consequence of human coexistence. It is easy to exercise equality in small groups, not so much with a country of 300 million or a world with 6 billion. Nations, as people, act in thier own self interest as they should. Leaders are elected (hopefully) to act upon the needs and desires of thier own citizenry, to adress education and health care etc. among its own people before adressing them elsewhere. It is sometimes difficult to do that if an international organization can trump your national policy. There have been times when I have argued such things in the same way and perhaps that is what irks me about the post. You are at times naive while still being impossible to disagree with. Equality is an absolute; you’re either equal or you’re not. Perfect equality, like perfect justice would be a terrible thing to behold. Even a conditional equality such as equality of opportunity, which is a laudable goal cannot be applied on a worldwide scale.

Mind you I agree with your points on Human Rights and the efficacy of international law, but disparity exists as a natural consequence of human coexistence. It is easy to exercise equality in small groups, not so much with a country of 300 million or a world with 6 billion.

Nations, as people, act in thier own self interest as they should. Leaders are elected (hopefully) to act upon the needs and desires of thier own citizenry, to adress education and health care etc. among its own people before adressing them elsewhere. It is sometimes difficult to do that if an international organization can trump your national policy.

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