Totally disagree with you on this issue. I agree with a lot you write about but not this. Should the person in first class be asked to give up their seat, a seat for which they paid an extra $500? Or is it just if it is coach and they paid an extra $30? By this logic, we should also give up some of our income to help with student loans because who knows why a student got into debt. Maybe they just clicked on “register for classes” without thinking it through. Your premise defeats the capitalistic notion of work hard and you will have more money to buy a better ticket! With the way airlines operate, there is nothing wrong with a person wanting the best seat they can afford.
Well, capitalism merely delineates private property rights—who owns what. It doesn't stipulate what you do with the property once it's yours.
Beyond that, you make a good point. There are lines to be drawn. The implicit crux here is that, as I said, the asker must have "a pretty decent reason why they want" the other seat. If it's just, "I want to sit in first class instead of coach," that's not a good reason.
Totally disagree with you on this issue. I agree with a lot you write about but not this. Should the person in first class be asked to give up their seat, a seat for which they paid an extra $500? Or is it just if it is coach and they paid an extra $30? By this logic, we should also give up some of our income to help with student loans because who knows why a student got into debt. Maybe they just clicked on “register for classes” without thinking it through. Your premise defeats the capitalistic notion of work hard and you will have more money to buy a better ticket! With the way airlines operate, there is nothing wrong with a person wanting the best seat they can afford.
Well, capitalism merely delineates private property rights—who owns what. It doesn't stipulate what you do with the property once it's yours.
Beyond that, you make a good point. There are lines to be drawn. The implicit crux here is that, as I said, the asker must have "a pretty decent reason why they want" the other seat. If it's just, "I want to sit in first class instead of coach," that's not a good reason.