What Is The Duty To Take USack When Slack Tacking

Zofia Stemplowska aims to “defend the duty to take up slack when slack tacking is necessary to assist those in dire need”(2). She also attempts to argue against a few key objections to whether this duty is truly present. Firstly, I want to explain her thesis and arguments, and then put forth my analysis on the issue. The initial thesis can be explained simply as: people have an extra duty to help other people (in dire need) when other people are slacking (not helping), on top of their usual duty to helping others. Essentially, if we are in a position in which we can help people because we are rich or capable (with any resources), Stemplowska says this generates an enforceable duty to help. On top of that, if we have this duty to help, we
This is only if we assume from the very beginning that we have this enforceable duty to aid, which Stemplowska does. This duty to aid does come at a cost, of course. Stemplowska asserts that this duty to aid others and pick up the slack comes at no substantial cost (or unreasonable) cost to the person who is helping. So her argument is on a very even playing field, as any situation regarding an unreasonable cost is already thrown out of the discussion. I believe this is a very fair and important attribute to this argument. Stemplowska states that this situation is not a case “substantively fair distribution” (a name given by stemplowska), which critic (of Stemplowska’s belief), Liam Murphy, claims it is. “Substantively fair distribution” means that the duties of every person has been allocated to them from the beginning, and they are individually responsible for those duties and nobody else’s. And, if it is not one’s duty to do someone
Essentially that when people help others, and some people choose to slack, there is unfairness in the group. Also, if people go above and beyond to pick up this slack, there is even greater unfairness. Even though this might seem unfair, when people are in dire need of help, this situation’s fairness is outweighed by the duty to help. Stemplowska believes that this duty is far greater than the inequality of the population in charge of helping (inequality created by those helping and those slacking). Because of this, “unfairness cannot determine whether a consideration is or is not an enforceable