> The problem with talk about generic cost and benefits is that it
> ignores the justice issue. My costs are often your benefits.
Some people think there is a lot of justice in imposing costs on
others. My pet example is oil. Reducing oil demand is going to hurt a
lot of oil exporting developing countries. However, it's argued that's
great, because the money is just used to finance terrorism.
What's just is very much in the eye of the beholder, some Americans
seem to argue that it's fine to suffer a bit, as long as Arabs are
made to suffer more.
Following that logic a bit further, and noting that a large number of
undesirable oil exporters are located in rather hot and/or dry bits of
the world, maybe the fact that these countries will suffer is really
something rather desirable?
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