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08-29-2005, 06:35 PM
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How About THIS Morals -Ethics Question?
You are brought at gunpoint into a laboratory where you will be forced to choose which of two rooms will have those in it killed painlessly. If you refuse they all will be, so let's not even contemplate that option.
In one room is a very elderly person you have never met. In the other is your devoted three year old collie. Can sparing your collie be justifed by any respected philosophies? What about any respected religions? 
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08-29-2005, 06:53 PM
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Re: How About THIS Morals -Ethics Question?
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Can sparing your collie be justifed by any respected philosophies? [/ QUOTE ] Yes, the philosophy of one protecting what one values the most. Personally, I value my dog's life over a suprisingly large percent of human beings.
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08-29-2005, 07:07 PM
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Re: How About THIS Morals -Ethics Question?
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[ QUOTE ] Can sparing your collie be justifed by any respected philosophies? [/ QUOTE ] Yes, the philosophy of one protecting what one values the most. Personally, I value my dog's life over a suprisingly large percent of human beings. [/ QUOTE ] dead on baby.
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08-30-2005, 04:46 PM
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Re: How About THIS Morals -Ethics Question?
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[ QUOTE ] Can sparing your collie be justifed by any respected philosophies? [/ QUOTE ] Yes, the philosophy of one protecting what one values the most. Personally, I value my dog's life over a suprisingly large percent of human beings. [/ QUOTE ]
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08-29-2005, 07:07 PM
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Re: How About THIS Morals -Ethics Question?
Change it to a cow and put a Hindu in that situation...
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#7
08-29-2005, 09:05 PM
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Re: How About THIS Morals -Ethics Question?
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Change it to a cow and put a Hindu in that situation... [/ QUOTE ] thats a toughy, a cow or a dog. if the hindu is picking, id say the dog gets it
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08-30-2005, 12:57 AM
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Re: How About THIS Morals -Ethics Question?
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i would save my dog over a very elderly person any day of the week. [/ QUOTE ] Almost everyone is ignoring the question, which isn't what you would do. I personally can't think of any philosohy or religion that you could appeal to... Maybe Utilitarianism if you believe that the dog will bring more overall pleasure to the world than the man would.
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08-30-2005, 01:01 AM
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Re: How About THIS Morals -Ethics Question?
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[ QUOTE ] i would save my dog over a very elderly person any day of the week. [/ QUOTE ] Almost everyone is ignoring the question, which isn't what you would do. I personally can't think of any philosohy or religion that you could appeal to... Maybe Utilitarianism if you believe that the dog will bring more overall pleasure to the world than the man would. [/ QUOTE ] Epicurian Hedonism - doing whatever makes the individual happiest. chez
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