Re: virus: bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?
Nathaniel Hall (natehall@WORLDNET.ATT.NET)
Sat, 01 Aug 1998 16:05:28 -0600
Robin Faichney wrote:
>
> In message <35C34425.DCE7CC5A@worldnet.att.net>, Nathaniel Hall
> <natehall@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> writes
> >Robin Faichney wrote:
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> >>
> >> 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
> >
> >You may claim that your not doing so but that sounds like a moral
> >judgment to me.
>
> Don't project your own "things" on other people!
>
> >Welcome, however reluctantly ,to the club.
> >Cool!
>
> Thanks for the welcome, though I'm not sure exactly what
> I'm being welcomed to...
> --
> Robin
Your being welcomed to the club for people who make moral judgments.
Don't be ashamed that I've come and got you out of the closet. Moral
judgments are a necessary condition of our existence ( we have to choose
values in order to live ) Cry in vain as you might that you are not
making any such judgments you can't get around it. To say something is
"cool" for example is a moral judgment. It's a hip way of saying "this
is good and trendy". As long as you remain a mortal creature you cannot
pretend to detach yourself from the necessities of life, and morality is
one of them. I call em as I see em and if that means "projecting" , so
be it. ( Asking me not "to project" is another moral judgment, by the
way)
Nate Hall