Stephen Yearwood
1 min readJun 17, 2022

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Thank you for reading that article and your words to me, Mr. Betancourt. (I'm certain the Atlanta baseball team used to have a player with that surname. Any relation by any chance?)

As to your question, life can dictate to a large extent certain choices, but I think it is diffucult to effect any choice without being aware of it. In any event, the minimum condition of justice makes it very difficult to make a case for unconsciously acting unjustly--which would include harming others as a result of not paying as close enough attention as know we should in the process of effecting any choice, such as driving towards a chosen destination or using a tool in accomplishing some task. If even acts of that kind are clearly unjust, how could any other unjust act be excused for a lack of consciousness? "Unjust' and illegal or even punishable can be two different things, but it would transform human relations to have a universal, clear--idea as to what 'unjust' is.

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Stephen Yearwood
Stephen Yearwood

Written by Stephen Yearwood

M.A. in political economy (money/distributive justice) "Please don't confront me with my failures/ I'm aware of them" from "These Days," as sung by Gregg Allman

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