[lbo-talk] cushy life/strict equality

lweiger at umich.edu lweiger at umich.edu
Thu Jan 27 07:07:16 PST 2005


Quoting John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net>:


> Needs and wants are treated differently. Needs are filled first.

There's no easy way to seperate needs and wants, and even if you do so in a halfway plausible manner (which I doubt is possible), why should the "need" of one necessarily override the wants of many? To my mind, making literature available and understandable to millions of people is more important than saving the lives of a handful.

-- Luke



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