Name: Anonymous 2007-08-01 13:28 ID:p3x4kEo+
Who's more important, the individual, or the group of individuals he belongs to?
I came to this question when I was thinking over ethics, political theories and authoritarian/libertarian differences, and I decided the answer to this question was very pertinent but I'm not sure how to go about it.
Suppose you've got a man named A, and he's in a group consisting of himself, B, C, D, and E.
I never think it's moral to do something like, force A to pay B $5, unless A had stolen it from B before hand or something. And I find it hard to come up with an example where I think it's justifiable to force A to pay $5 to B, C, D, and E, each, but I suppose that's what I'm asking. Is it ever alright to forcibly sacrifice some of one individual for the rest of the group?
I came to this question when I was thinking over ethics, political theories and authoritarian/libertarian differences, and I decided the answer to this question was very pertinent but I'm not sure how to go about it.
Suppose you've got a man named A, and he's in a group consisting of himself, B, C, D, and E.
I never think it's moral to do something like, force A to pay B $5, unless A had stolen it from B before hand or something. And I find it hard to come up with an example where I think it's justifiable to force A to pay $5 to B, C, D, and E, each, but I suppose that's what I'm asking. Is it ever alright to forcibly sacrifice some of one individual for the rest of the group?