Currently, and historically, low power being (animals, children, old dying people) are treated very cruelly if treating them cruelly benefits the powerful even in minor ways.
This is true, but far less true recently than in the past, and far less true in the near past than in the far past. That trajectory seems between somewhat promising and incredibly good—we don’t have certainty, but I think the best guess is that in fact, it’s true that the arc of history bends towards justice.
This is true, but far less true recently than in the past, and far less true in the near past than in the far past. That trajectory seems between somewhat promising and incredibly good—we don’t have certainty, but I think the best guess is that in fact, it’s true that the arc of history bends towards justice.