“Harm that is both genuine and unfair”, then? Income taxes are ‘fair’ (and I would find it baffling to call that ‘harm’ unless they somehow came as a surprise), getting fired is offensive if it’s done solely because your manager doesn’t like you, but fair (and therefor not offensive) if it’s because you failed to do the job. I think getting mugged is a good thing to get outraged about—we want to make that happen less!
I think your claims about income taxes are implausible, but won’t pursue that line of argument, as what I took to be an obvious truth is apparently political.
I might be outraged at being mugged but not offended. I think I would be more likely to be violent than either though.
“Harm that is both genuine and unfair”, then? Income taxes are ‘fair’ (and I would find it baffling to call that ‘harm’ unless they somehow came as a surprise), getting fired is offensive if it’s done solely because your manager doesn’t like you, but fair (and therefor not offensive) if it’s because you failed to do the job. I think getting mugged is a good thing to get outraged about—we want to make that happen less!
I think your claims about income taxes are implausible, but won’t pursue that line of argument, as what I took to be an obvious truth is apparently political.
I might be outraged at being mugged but not offended. I think I would be more likely to be violent than either though.