Re: virus: bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?
Nathaniel Hall (natehall@WORLDNET.ATT.NET)
Fri, 31 Jul 1998 19:40:46 -0600
Tim Rhodes wrote:
>
> Nathaniel Hall wrote:
>
> >
> > Therefore by standing up for what you think is right you are doing the
> >wrong thing!
>
> My what a large non sequitur you have there.
>
> Maybe you miss the point. By painting one you oppose as less than you--more
> fearful or stupid or lazy--you deny that they may be motivated by the same
> drives as you, deny that they may be as complex and caring as yourself. And
> an advisary which you don't fully understand or respect--or even worse, one
> whose capacities you under estimate--is an advisary you invite to hand you
> your defeat on a platter gilded with your own foolishness.
>
> -Prof. Tim
Given that there is no such thing as an objective morality, that would
be the case. I claim that morality is objective. Whatever your your
opponents feelings, drives or beliefs are irrelevant if they are acting
in a way which is not objectively moral. Good will is only half way
towards doing the right thing, you must also know what is right and how
to get there in order to do what's right. Knowing why your advisory does
what he does may help correct your own view of morality but only in the
sense that it is giving you a better knowledge of what is, in fact,
right.
Nate Hall