Gonna need to call the Ghostbusters, there are so many spooks in this thread.
B1rd wrote:
Gonna need to call the Ghostbusters, there are so many spooks in this thread.
I don't think B1rd has one.TeeArctic1 wrote:
Share with us your principles then, oh great B1rdB1rd wrote:
Gonna need to call the Ghostbusters, there are so many spooks in this thread.
Green Platinum wrote:
TeeArctic1 wrote:
B1rd wrote:
Gonna need to call the Ghostbusters, there are so many spooks in this thread.
Share with us your principles then, oh great B1rd
I don't think B1rd has one.
free market is his principle and authority be damnedTeeArctic1 wrote:
Maybe that's his principle? Have no principles?
OneTrueDuceOK wrote:
Live up my life to my best because I only have this one life.
Hmm. Decent, I guess.OneTrueDuceOK wrote:
Live up my life to my best because I only have this one life.
abraker wrote:
My version of this is Treat the person the way you want the person to treat you.. Not a great thing if people who don't care how they are treated adopt this, but I'm not saying that's how the view should be for everyone. If I treat someone badly, then I think it's fair for them to treat me badly too. If they treat me nicely, then I should treat them nicely too.TeeArctic1 wrote:
"Treat everyone with respect, never believe you are above others"
If a person doesn't treat me nicely and I want them to treat me nicely, then according to "Treat the person the way you want the person to treat you" I would still treat them nicely.mulraf wrote:
i stand with teearctic's version here because i think even if someone doesn't treat you nicely, it's not generally a good idea to treat that person back in the same bad way.
At that point I don't care if the person treats me nicely because no amount treating me nicely afterward would fix that emotional scaring they done to me. Hence, no point in treating them nicely.mulraf wrote:
some clause that gives you some freedom to vary the extent of this aka "as much as plausible". since i don't expect that if someone murdered your family you just invite them to your birthday and give them some cake
I don't expect animals to understand the concept of morality and what it means to treat others nicely, so no point in applying this to them. On the other hand this may apply to pets like dogs who can respond to others treating them a certain way.mulraf wrote:
entity instead of everyone since i also respect animals or the nature. this fuses perfectly with 2 since it's not always possible (you can't avoid stepping on ants for your entire life or killing billions of mites when you lay down in your bed).
The issue with this is unconditional benevolence + any exceptions you want to throw in their. That's a very bulky way of doing it and just shows that you don't have a solidified moral principle. One exception, two exceptions, you can find edge cases everywhere. With "Treat the person the way you want the person to treat you" you get to choose based on what is logical to do; the best future outcome for you while giving fair chance for others comparative to yourself.mulraf wrote:
"Treat every entity with as much respect as plausible".