Re: Politics-Ethics Question
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However, if the government commits the same inaction, it does not require nearly as much effort and is despicable.
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Government action takes MORE effort 100% of the time. YOu have the committee that decides what to do, then the guy appointed to do it, then the guy appointed to oversee the guy who is appointed to do it and so on.
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That's an implementation issue, because we deliberately make our government weak with checks and balances so it doesn't get too powerful.
In any case, it is reasonable to think of effort in terms of resources. You can easily demonstrate that one action is proportionately a greater effort for an individual than the government. An individual can not care for two different people in two different cities on the same day. One action consumes all that person's time and energy. Government can. A single action represents 1/100000th of its time and energy.
Thus the difference between inaction and action is nil for the government, it's the results that matter. But for an individual, one action is a great deal. The government is killing that baby by doing nothing.
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