Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 12, 2005 03:39 AM
Most people don't want to have people stealing from them -- so most people can agree that stealing is Bad. Most people don't want to be murdered, so they can all agree that being murdered is Bad, and shouldn't be done. Etc
The reasons you are listing are external imperatives, not self-limitations. To illustrate:
I am walking on a country road at night, nobody is around, only an old woman is walking home. I want to kill her to take her 5 bucks to purchase something. I am also very skilled, so I leave no traces behing, nobody will see me, and my example shall not inspire other who, educated by the "opium of the people", fail to realize that good and evil does not exist (I am the only atheist in my society). Why should I *not* kill her?
That's a little extreme. How about this "there is nothing wrong in cheating on your wife if she never finds out".
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Re:if ethics then religion # sorry friend
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 12, 2005 03:39 AMThe reasons you are listing are external imperatives, not self-limitations. To illustrate:
I am walking on a country road at night, nobody is around, only an old woman is walking home. I want to kill her to take her 5 bucks to purchase something. I am also very skilled, so I leave no traces behing, nobody will see me, and my example shall not inspire other who, educated by the "opium of the people", fail to realize that good and evil does not exist (I am the only atheist in my society). Why should I *not* kill her?
That's a little extreme. How about this "there is nothing wrong in cheating on your wife if she never finds out".
Do you get my point?
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