Does this mean that they have or deserve different rights under contract law than others do? What if their counterparty is even less "strapped for cash"?
It’s not an excuse to treat people poorly, but I certainly have less empathy for someone who has $5M in vested stock who gets fired vs someone who makes $15/hour and lives paycheck to paycheck.
Both are injustices. The former isn’t much of a risk to life. The latter could literally result in life or death situations.
Relative empathy is part of being a regular human being.
If someone has 10 lollipops and loses 1, that’s not “selective empathy” to feel differently than about someone else who has 1 lollipop and loses everything.
One job one person, the rest is all assumptions. How much they made, their stock options, financial situation. Maybe they are paying for their nephews cancer treatment or something.
Does this mean that they have or deserve different rights under contract law than others do? What if their counterparty is even less "strapped for cash"?