Re: virus: bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?
Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 1 Aug 1998 08:45:00 +0100
In message <35C26D3E.4C0039B2@worldnet.att.net>, Nathaniel Hall
<natehall@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> writes
>Robin Faichney wrote:
>>
>> Hope Tim doesn't mind me jumping in here.
>>
>> Standing up for what you think is right, and attributing
>> the actions of your opponent to a moral weakness on their
>> part, are entirely different things.
>> tha
>> Moral judgements are always a substitute for understanding.
>> To judge someone as morally wrong, is factually wrong. To
>> cling to a moral judgement is to cling to a delusion, and
>> therefore to prepare the way for your own defeat.
>> --
>> Robin
>
> So there is no right or wrong then? I have to hold one of Hitler's
>thugs as morally equivalent to the hero who saves someone's children by
>pulling them out of a fire because if were to make a judgment like
>"the hero is morally better than Hitler's thug" I'm clinging to a
>delusion?
As I've explained elsewhere, you can take the view
that it's best to minimise suffering, without bringing
morals into it.
But I'm beginning to wonder whether this view isn't too
"cool" for some people! :-)
--
Robin