Answer a QUESTION with a QUESTION

[tree]

How many do you think would be fair?

 

[zurb]

Don't you think it would be better to divide by need rather than fairness?

 

[tree]

To each according to need sounds fair, doesn't it?

 

[zurb]

If you asked kids, wouldn't they say fair is equal portions/quantities?

 

[tree]

Have you ever seen a young goat
that was satisfied to share, at all,
regardless of portion or quantity?

 

[Ste11aeres]

Have you ever seen a non-human animal that understood what is meant by the word "sharing?"

 

[tree]

Do they have to know the word or just demonstrate
the ability to perform the concept?

 

[Ste11aeres]

Do they have to know the word or just demonstrate
the ability to perform the concept?

What would you consider to be a sufficient demonstration of the ability to perform the concept?

 

[tree]

How about the animal offers some of the food
to another animal of lesser size/rank?

 

[Ste11aeres]

How about the animal offers some of the food
to another animal of lesser size/rank?

Does this mean that the animal of least size/rank can't share?

 

[tree]

I couldn't think of another way to indicate that the
sharing was not based on intimidation, but maybe
you can?

 

[zurb]

Is the motivation for sharing important?

 

[tree]

Is this about psychology or economics?

 

[Ste11aeres]

Are either of those two identical with morality?

 

[Myway]

What do they even have in common?

 

[Ste11aeres]

Why don't you focus on their differences?

 

[Myron]

Why are we even considering whether or not animals can share when the person who asked the "kid" question was clearly referring to human children?

 

[tree]

What leads you to that conclusion?

 

[Vinca]

What comes after a conclusion?

 

[tree]

Once you have restated, summarized & stressed the relevance of
the points you were leading toward, in the conclusion, I think you'd
be free to do whatever you wanted, so how about we take some
balloons & kites & airplanes & bubble wands to the park now?