3/24 http://dribbleglass.com/interview
An Interview With God
\_ <DEAD>www.godhatesamputees.com<DEAD> is more fun
\_ Hey Mormons, what do you guys think about this?
\- While the creator [of the WEEB site, not The Creator] seems to be
having fun with most of the answers, he seems to think the 3 words
advice at the end is a serious bit of moral philosophy. But it's
not so simple, otherwise one of the large brains since Plato would
have figured this out. In fact that bit of advice is "less powerful"
than the Golden Rule ... the negative prescription doesnt address
what are your affimative obligations to others, the fact that human
evil is not the only source of harm [natural catastrophe, disease],
or the problem of what do about those who will not follow that
dictum [just war, law], nor how to allocate resource, a large
problem in the area of ethics in public policy.
\_ Power Schmouer, I prefer my moral platitudes to be *right* rather
\_ Power Shmouer, I prefer my moral platitudes to be *right* rather
than powerful. Just because some weak willed tool WANTS someone
to keep him from falling off the wagon (by rule of law or
whatever other means), or keep the dangerous ideas of communists
or Satans out of his head, does not mean I want him doing that
unto me. Some of us prefer the Confucian version of the golden
rule, and see it's lack of "power" as a plus. -phuqm (!top)
\- i am not sure what your interpretation of "power" here
is but i mean it in the sense of "theoretical power",
meaning it covers a lot of cases, as opposed to being
narrow or situational.
\_ My intent, was to use *your* definition, which, tnx, I
didn't really need you to define. 1) because i got it.
2) because it doesn't matter, almost regardelss, my point
is going to stand. "breadth", or any other characteristic
of the western golden rule you want to hold out as a
positive characteristic is less important to me than the
fact that I *don't want* people doing unto me just becuse
they would have me do unto them. Get it?
rule, and see it's lack of "power" as a plus. Anyway, the vast
majority of world problems would in fact be taken care of if
people managed (they could not) to "do no harm." As for resources,
The majority of famines in this day and age can be linked to
political causes as opposed to natural scarcity. -phuqm (!top)
they would have me do unto them. Get it? Those cases
where it applies but "do no harm" doesn't, I often don't
like it's implications. -phuqm |