Who gets how much of the pie is two different questions depending on how much pies are in short supply. If no one is starving, it might as well go to the hungriest person. If everyone is starving, it would be mutually agreeable to divide it equally...that way, no one is the loser .
You can fight over resources, or you do one of about three things to avoid a fight
Appeal to unwritten , traditional rules, ie ethics
Appeal to written rules, ie law
Appeal to the system that assigns winners and losers , ie. politics.
Who gets how much of the pie is two different questions depending on how much pies are in short supply. If no one is starving, it might as well go to the hungriest person. If everyone is starving, it would be mutually agreeable to divide it equally...that way, no one is the loser .
You can fight over resources, or you do one of about three things to avoid a fight
Appeal to unwritten , traditional rules, ie ethics
Appeal to written rules, ie law
Appeal to the system that assigns winners and losers , ie. politics.