Who Should Get the Flute? BOUNTY INSIDE!

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Amartya Sen's "The Idea of Justice"

The question that is asked is this: how can we institute a universal justice on an individual bases, rather than relying on institutions and broad classes of people?

Since human beings have an innate desire to eliminate injustice where possible, Institutions are not that important. Source

How can we have a simple and non-class-based viewpoint of justice, not only what is considered "fair", but also what is ultimately JUST.

He points out that children have strong notions of fairness and acute aversion to manifest injustice. Source

A Thought Experiment: How Would You Answer This Question?

By looking at a single scenario and evaluating three different people, we can make a judgement based on their involvement, their status, or their entitlement.

You are an adult settling a dispute between three children who are arguing over who should have a flute. It is your job to determine justly.

Who should posses the flute?

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Should CHILD A Get the Flute?

Child A is a cute red-head who is full of joy. Her smile will fill the room. She insists that she should get the flute, because of her talent at playing the flute - that by her receiving the flute, she will bring the most joy into the world through her playing. If you heard her play, you'd know what I mean, she's surprisingly good at the flute!

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"I should get the flute. I'm the only one here who can play it. And after all, the point of the flute is to make music. The other two can't play, so why should they get it?"

Should CHILD B Get the Flute?

Child B is the industrious child. She is always taking apart and building again. She developed a skill in acquiring parts and trained herself to assemble and tweak musical instruments. She has spent years developing these skills and it has earned her money, with which she invests in materials to build more instruments. Her talent isn't playing the flute (she tried once, it was embarrassingly bad), but she has a knack for tuning them to perfection so they sound exquisite when played by a professional. The build of this flute is astounding and she didn't cut corners in quality. She insists that she should get the flute because she made it.

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"I made the flute. I provided the materials for it. I spent time and effort making it. It is the fruit of my labour. How could you possibly take this from me and give it to someone else?"

Should CHILD C Get the Flute?

Child C has had a difficult life, his parents are deceased and he's being raised by foster parents who have a very limited income. He is used to low-quality food, toys that have already been worn out. People are quick to donate clothing and necessities, but it's always stuff from the dollar store. When he saw how beautiful the new flute was, he instantly desired it. He wasn't used to nice things - if only he could possess it, he would treasure it always. He insists he should get the flute because he would appreciate it more than the either of the other two children who can afford to buy their own flutes.

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"Of the three of us, I am the poorest. I have nothing in this world. Even though I don't play the flute and I didn't make it, you should give me the flute. Because then, you would have improved my lot in life immeasurably."

Of These Three Children, Who Should Get the Flute?

All three children have made their case as to why they should have the flute.

He points out that children have strong notions of fairness and acute aversion to manifest injustice.

They have all made their case as to why it would be "fair" for them to have the flute, but of the three children, only one can own it JUSTLY.

In your opinion, which child should get the flute?

  • Child A
  • Child B
  • Child C

Let me know in the comments below and be sure to explain why you chose that child.

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Since human beings have an innate desire to eliminate injustice where possible, Institutions are not that important.

Yeah, sure. That is why the entire world is based on injustices.
Stupid people getting rich, while the hard worker people remain poor, and so on.

Should CHILD B Get the Flute?

If he really made the flute, then yes. I would bring the flute back to CHILD B. If he keeps it, or he sell it to someone else, then that is his rightful decision. The flute belongs to him. He owns it.

Easy and obvious.

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I believe that the institutions supposedly designed to administer justice are the very once allowing (perhaps encouraging) certain injustices. That would explain that as the institutions grow, so does the injustices.

Thank you for your insightful response.

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They are encouraging injustices. It is in the very way they were set up.

Courts are for, and were built for, rich people.
And they were mostly used to take land away from the poorer people via things like "prior deed"
that was never enforced or recorded.

And if law was about justice, we would have a law class in school.
We would teach legalese in high school.
And the entirety of the law would be no larger than the bible.

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I agree. Our justice system was intended to be based in the Judea-Christian moral code, but has disintegrated year after year, until suddenly whatever class or gender or ethnicity becomes the deciding factor in "justice".

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There is only one case here

It is the fruit of my labour.

If this is true, then there is no fairness higher than the person 's labor staying with that person.
Child B owns the flute, and it should not be taken away.


I thought this was going to be, we have this flute, and we have several people who want it.

Further, if it is really the flute in the picture, then it should be sold and a couple cheaper flutes acquired for all the kids.

Other fishy things are Child A is good at the flute... meaning she has a flute. If this is better than hers, she could offer her older flute to Child C, maybe even offering Child B two older instruments, one of which to give to Child C?

There are many win win scenarios that could be worked out.
However, by the constraints of what was said.
Child B owns the flute and it is not up to a parent to decide to give it to someone else.

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Thank you. I tried to not over-complicate it. The idea is that three children are fighting over the flute, the adult doesn't really know anything, gathers information and tries to settle the dispute justly. The adult has the ability to give it to the child he sees deserves it.

Someone might argue, "but now the world can't hear the beautiful music." or "you're perpetuating the wealth gap between the rich and poor." For some, solving these "injustices" are more important than ensuring the child who made the flute owns the fruit of their own labor.

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