Fair is more complicated. Mercy is part of fair. And, of course, treating our young and old in a different way than healthy adults is fair.
Mercy is an exemption from fair. Sometimes mercy is right, true. But as often, mercy to one is "unfair" to another.
So it is fair if some people are born as slaves and some as masters? Or how is your statement to be interpreted? It could mean that somebody earning fuck you money is not fair, because then that person would not have to work to eat anymore.
Not sure how you extrapolated that! But it is true that if the average person does not create more wealth than they consume, your society is eating its seed corn. Why shouldn't there be a requirement that everyone pulls their weight?
The modern-day leftie has forgotten that Marx also said from each according to his ability.
Is that "fair"?, or is that what those who worked all their lives want everyone to believe in order to justify themselves having worked all their lives?
Just a thought, not an opinion.
I don't think that makes sense. Maybe "If you don't work you get to eat anyway" is what those who sat on their fat asses all day want everyone to believe to justify sitting on their asses all day.
I know many skiny lazy people; We can debate without slandering... I think "Working your whole life" and "not working and taking it easy your whole life" are both choices with consequences.. not choices necessarily between right and wrong in the big picture. Perhaps right and wrong in your head but not universally.