Re: Another Way To Prove My Point about African Children.
 

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If Sklansky is right and there is no absolute morality,....

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What do you mean 'if '.


It is not contary to reason to perfer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. - David Hume, A Treatise upon Human Nature

Le Misanthrope

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I was not arguing about the "absoluteness" of anything. I only responded to this thread because that was Not part of the topic. The point I was making in what you quoted was basically, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. When I see that kind of unfair treatment going on I can't help but object.

PairTheBoard

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DS --
the real truth is that a strangers LIFE is worth less to them than a tiny bit of convenience.


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Is that really the truth? If you saw a child about to be run over by a car, and you knew you could save her by pulling her out of traffic, I'll bet you would save her. Now let me ask you, Do you send money to African relief? If so why? If not, is it because a strangers LIFE is worth less to you than a tiny bit of convenience? Maybe you can duck into some ridiculous hardboiled Sklanskyism about EV guiding your actions. But I suspect the truth is otherwise and the Logical Correctness you've come up with on this subject is not so clearcut.

PairTheBoard

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David, do you ever consider the possiblity that all your posts regarding morality stem from a desire (either conscious or subconscious) to prove to yourself and others that you are a good person without the need of a supreme being instructing you to do so?

Cheers,
SDM

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"If not, is it because a strangers LIFE is worth less to you than a tiny bit of convenience?"

That is correct. It isn't. I'd save the girl because she is no longer a stranger.

Anybody who thinks this answer somehow contradicts my other posts on the subject are not getting where I'm coming from.

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"David, do you ever consider the possiblity that all your posts regarding morality stem from a desire (either conscious or subconscious) to prove to yourself and others that you are a good person without the need of a supreme being instructing you to do so?"

Cheers,
SDM

I think my post just above this should put that to rest.

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"David, do you ever consider the possiblity that all your posts regarding morality stem from a desire (either conscious or subconscious) to prove to yourself and others that you are a good person without the need of a supreme being instructing you to do so?"

Cheers,
SDM

I think my post just above this should put that to rest.

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Not if it's subconscious.

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YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT EXTRA THOUSAND DOLLARS THAN THAT THE AFRICAN CHILD LIVES.

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Just the way I am hard wired.

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Off the subject. Switch the argument to differnt dying children if you must.

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You expect us to do the dirty work?

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I would not send 1 cent to save a thousand starving children of any race, color, or creed. Its the priciple of the thing. I consider altruism to be the greatest evil on earth and want no part of it.