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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: TimF who wrote (3940)	1/17/2008 6:42:06 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) of 42652

OT "I wouldn't see a real ethical objection, no violation of any formal moral principles" "but in a more social or emotional way of looking at it I can see good reason for reluctance even if it isn't wrong," You and I are both capitalists to the core. But capitalism isn't the only system in which we operate. We all operate within the social contract that enables us to practice capitalism and otherwise live our lives. Supporting the social contract is rational, not emotional. Voluntarily treating other people decently is part of the social contract. I submit that it is, indeed, "wrong" to violate the social contract. Another anecdote. A week or so ago I engaged in a financial transaction with a close friend. He and I were both cautious about it because we didn't want to do anything to compromise our longstanding friendship so we were fastidious about making sure it was a fair deal for both of us. Now, I'm not suggesting that we need to be that fastidious when dealing on a large scale with strangers but I think that the social contract requires us to aim for a win-win in every transaction and not doing so is "wrong."

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