Max Sawicky wrote, > >The relativist standard can easily be >taken to a logical, absurd conclusion: > When discussing subjectivity, any *logical* conclusion is proBabely absurd. Here's the way I look at: I have an expectation of how much money I should be able to earn and how much work I should have to do to earn it. If I can't live up to those subjective expectations, I feel deprived. Ordinarily, I could care less if Bill Gates is worth $40 billion, $40 million or $40. I might even get some vicarious enjoyment from the sheer enormity of his wealth. But if I feel I have the skill and have worked hard to entitle me to earn $20,000 a year and I've had to make do on $15,000 then I'm going to feel *resentful*, not about Bill's billions per se but about the story I keep being told about how much Bill *deserves* his billions by dint of his hard work and brilliance. The corollary to the Bill Gates story is that I somehow don't deserve any more than I got. It seems to me that's the context for "relative wealth". It's also the context for subjective experience of injustice (as contrasted with an abstract, theoretical notion of social justice). Regards, Tom Walker ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #408 1035 Pacific St. Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4G7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 669-3286 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/
