Reply #76: "Have no problem doing so" is arguably too strong. [View All]

[Donald Ian Rankin]

"Be capable of doing so with a standard of living you would not regard as unendurable" is certainly reasonable in that sentence. A claim somewhat stronger than that arguably is. "Have no problem doing so" isn't, by most interpretations.

More generally, your point - that it's immoral to want society not to guarantee a standard of living for others as high as the one you aspire to for yourself - is one I disagree with. I want society to guarantee opportunities to achieve a standard of living as high (and, indeed, far higher) than mine to everyone, but I don't think the cost of guaranteeing that everyone achieves that is justifiable, or indeed possible.