virus: Methods of Thinking

Reed Konsler (konsler@ascat.harvard.edu)
Sat, 26 Apr 1997 09:13:54 -0400 (EDT)


>From: Robin Faichney <r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk>
>Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 14:34:00 +0100

>I always thought morality was required to say why you
>should do something other than what suits yourself.
>If you only believe in doing what suits you, why the
>moralising, why not just get on with it?

Some people might (and have) argued that morality is
the practice of telling OTHER people that they should
do something other than what suits THEM.

I think that's part of the truth.

Reed

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