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Originally Posted by hcap
What is "the principle of proportionate causation"
How does Ben Franklyn's tale above, fit "proportionate causation"
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
And eventually thru greater and greater cause and effects,.....
the kingdom was lost. Isn't a horseshoe nail much less than a kingdom?
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How are they greater and greater causes and effects?
The nail has the causal power to mend the shoe. The shoe does not have the causal power to mend itself. The shoe has the casual power to enable the horse's mobility, the horse the casual power to transport the rider (I almost typed jockey), etc...The Colonials had the causal power to secure the kingdom. The kingdom did not have the casual power to secure itself.
