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weekly chat: circle of empathy
« on: 2004-09-13 21:15:53 » |
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Jaron Lanier elaborates on his second law:
You can't have a categorical imperative without categories. Or, You can't have a golden rule without gold. You have to draw a Circle of Empathy around yourself and others in order to be moral. If you include too much in the circle, you become incompetent, while if you include too little you become cruel. This is the "Normal form" of the eternal liberal/conservative dichotomy.
So who should we include in the circle, how can we decide and how can we defend our choice?
See you on #virus at 8pm EST.
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