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(Leviathan, XIII).
Now you're just trying to twist my words to make it appear as if I said something which I didn't say.
I don't agree with that statement. I would not label the words "society is an optimal solution to individual human weaknesses" as "extreme left".
Society can be an optimal solution to individual human weaknesses while different people perform different functions within society.
Don't smear me again.
I think if you read "job" to mean "social obligation" or "responsibility," you'll understand that the GP's statement is essentially the Hobbesian one. If you read it to mean "the thing someone pays you to do," you'll get a very silly (and obviously incorrect) argument.
Let's read it as "responsibility". No, I don't agree with you on the statement being equivalent to what you wrote earlier. Different people can have different responsibilities in the world. "Making things safe for our most vulnerable individuals" is not a responsibility that belongs to literally every person in the world. It's okay if someone just makes furniture that's safe for the average person, while it has a sharp edge that can hurt a mentally unstable person.
Being a carpenter is not the only job a carpenter has
Everyone does not need to do the job of "sheltering mentally unstable people", no.
In that case I suggest more exposure to viewpoints that aren't similar to your own.
If you have kids, that's a job. If you have pets, that's a job. If you maintain a social circle, that's a job. If you have a job, that's also a job. I'd argue it's your job to restrain from stabbing random strangers in the street.
Maybe "responsibility" is a better term, or maybe that's too strong too. You're not going to be paid for many of these things or penalized if you don't, but living a life outside of any expectations towards other people does not a healthy society create.
Sure, I agree with you, we all have a responsibility to restrain ourselves from stabbing random people in the street. Do we all have a responsibility to make the world "safe" for the most vulnerable people amongst us? No. It's great that we have some people working on that, like mental health professionals, or city councilmembers, but every single person does not and should not work on that particular thing.
It's not my job to restrain others from doing that.
How about: “deep within a humanist paradigm” categorization, or something like that.
I hope this is hyperbolic.
>> This is literally everyone's job. It's the whole point of society.
If viewed through a political lense, I can see how you'd interpret it as a left-leaning ideology.
If viewed objectively with the best possible interpretation, I think the statement is factually correct - we banded together, like most pack animals, for mutual security.
Every animal in our pack does not share the same responsibilities. Different animals can perform different functions within the pack.