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The Stoic vs the Activist

The Stoic vs the Activist

Q: Can we reconcile Stoicism with Social Justice?

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Michael David Cobb Bowen
Nov 04, 2019
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Q: Can we reconcile Stoicism with Social Justice?

A: No.

Stoicism works against the premise of social justice, which is that there are populist movements that can and must re-engineer society on the outside of the justice system and law.

I think the fairest assumptions that can be made about social justice is that there are permanent classes of people whos…

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