How do you decide between two peoples rights when they upset each other?

Question

there is a women philosopher in a room with a male philosopher they cannt leave. The women claims it is her right to wear what she likes but it upsets the philosopher causing him much mental pain. He claims he has a right not to be upset so could she not wear the cloths but she says it is her right to wear them and by not doing so wil cause her much mental pain PHILOSOPHICALLY HOW CAN THEY SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THERE INCOMPATIBLE RIIGHTS

Answer 1

Ok, what is the story?! This is your third question on this subject. Maybe you don't like the answers you've been getting.

No one can cause you mental pain. You are not helpless. You choose how you feel. You choose how you react. You can not expect the rest of the world to change to suit your whims! "Hey, don't wear that dress, you're causing me mental pain! Don't drive that SUV, it's causing me visual pain! Don't listen to that music, it's causing me aural pain!" The world does not revolve around you. A woman has a right to dress however she likes, just as you do. That's one of the advantages to living in the free world. The right to choose how you live your life (what you wear, do, buy, have etc). If you don't like how someone is dressed, then don't look! Take responsibility for yourself & your own emotions. Stop acting as though you are a helpless victim! Even if someone is trying to affect you, you don't have to let them. Be strong! I don't tell a man wearing a speedo on the beach that he's causing me visual pain! I just cringe & look away. That's the polite thing to do! Look away you silly goose!

Get some help. Talk to someone about this "mental pain." This obviously goes beyond dress code. You have some issues you need to work out.

Good luck! Cheer up!

:)

Answer 2

First off there is always a solution or compromise. Niether one is totally in the right if they live in america. I've seen people get a ticket for the language they chose to use simply because somebody who heard the word was offended. That being said I don't think the woman is completely right. I mean there are women who wouldn't mind going topless out in public but their not allowed because people find it offensive. Secondly the man is not right because people have the right to choose within legal bounds set by society to present themselves anyway they want.
My solution would be to ask how the man is offended. If it is simply the sight of the woman then I would have her sit behind the male philosopher that way he doesnot have her in plain view in her offensive clothing.

Answer 3

Tolerance and acceptance of one anothers rights. Each is right, each is wrong. Both are being selfish, non-understanding prigs. Seems you've touched on one of our society's sore spots.
There is no allowance in our religions today for a differing opinion. And it's not just religion, it's across the board. Martin Luther King tried to promote racial tolerance and equality, but all that has happened is a galvanizing of opinion, and the defining of differences, which creates separations between races, religions, peoples. Title IX, which was designed to create a level playing field between the races, has created animosity and fear.

The solution?
Short of another Noah-scale flood and starting over, just realizing that we don't all have to be or think the same, that it's OK to be different. Having differing opinions does not make one person wrong and the other right.

Think it'll work? Neither do I

Answer 4

He does have the right not to be upset, but that is outside of her control. No one can make you feel any certain way. He needs to deal with his own issues, and why do her clothes make her so uncomfortable. If he is a very philosophical man, he would not be upset by something so minescule as a woman's clothes.

Answer 5

The problem lies with the male philosopher. He has allowed the external to affect him (it is a Stoic Philosophy that I agree with). Her actions or inactions should not have power over his mentality. Especially if she is within the laws (created from the social contract theory) He must take control of himself and his emotions, to free himself from the pains the emotions may bring.

Answer 6

First of all I think the woman is right. She has the right to wear what she wants... if it were the case that the man can tell the woman what to wear, to be fair... then she also should have the right to tell the man what to wear.

How would he feel about the woman telling him what to wear?... Probably worse than even complaining what she is wearing annoys him.--If things were fair then he is wrong.

If on the other hand he is the paying employer and she is the subordinate... then change or get fired!

Answer 7

Give up. You obviously have had too much gamma radiation in your brain. You cannot control anyone except your own wives. You have surgically removed their pleasure centers, that is a violation of human rights. Go back to the Mideast. No one wants you here.

Answer 8

I say these two hypothetical people deserve each other, If I were the man I would undress completely and declare i Have a right to ease my pain with massage.

Answer 9

The usual solution would be a time share giving equal time to both parties. The old fashion way is a duel!

Answer 10

You don't... Because both people are right. You have to look at the cultural, social, and economical back-rounds of each individual or group.... Based on those things, both parties are correct... they both offend each other... so somehow, there has to be a compromise.... one that benefits both sides.