Zera Yacob, a 17th-century Ethiopian philosopher, applied rigorous reason to material justice, arguing that rational self-interest properly understood aligns with ethical obligation—you cannot reason yourself into accepting deprivation for others without also accepting it for yourself. His method offers an alternative to both dogmatic charity and libertarian indifference: start from reason, follow it unflinchingly, and notice where the math of human dignity refuses to balance.
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