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> My thinking is more so from a position of minimizing suffering

Don't you think that's unfair by nature? How do you justify it?

Fairness isn't an end in itself, but unfairness can cause people to revolt, which then leads to more suffering.

It's just a matter of how you weigh such considerations: https://www.utilitarianism.net/types-of-utilitarianism

I know what utilitarianism is, as someone who leans more to the side of deontological ethics. The problem with fairness not being an end means you can't have justice. Your moral ethics culminates on the never ending struggle we have right now of shifting the blame for what happens and what doesn't, and you're fine with it because you're blinded by the hope that it'll work. If you're willing to tell me why, as well as why you're proud of your relativism, why the means justify the end, I'm all eyes. If you're not, I'll understand.

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