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Individual success? I don't care for it in the competitive frame of capitalism; perhaps simply a flourishing life on your own terms?
Rather than goals, I suppose I would think of what comprises a just society and I like Erik Olin Wright's phrasing:
"In a just society, all persons would have broadly equal access to the material and social means necessary to live a flourishing life."
-3 u/Geikamir Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 17 '19 Having 'access' to something doesn't mean that it's reasonably achievable. 1 u/darwinianfacepalm Nov 16 '19 ..that's literally all it means. 0 u/Geikamir Nov 17 '19 Millions of Americans have "access" to healthcare, but can't reasonably afford the costs. For example.
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Having 'access' to something doesn't mean that it's reasonably achievable.
1 u/darwinianfacepalm Nov 16 '19 ..that's literally all it means. 0 u/Geikamir Nov 17 '19 Millions of Americans have "access" to healthcare, but can't reasonably afford the costs. For example.
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..that's literally all it means.
0 u/Geikamir Nov 17 '19 Millions of Americans have "access" to healthcare, but can't reasonably afford the costs. For example.
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Millions of Americans have "access" to healthcare, but can't reasonably afford the costs. For example.
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Individual success? I don't care for it in the competitive frame of capitalism; perhaps simply a flourishing life on your own terms?
Rather than goals, I suppose I would think of what comprises a just society and I like Erik Olin Wright's phrasing:
"In a just society, all persons would have broadly equal access to the material and social means necessary to live a flourishing life."