Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: May 23, 2024, 3:16 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
The positive case for voting Hillary Clinton for president.
#81
RE: The positive case for voting Hillary Clinton for president.
(November 6, 2016 at 7:24 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote:
(November 6, 2016 at 1:36 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: My sentiments entirely. Well said. 

Still love you though, Whatevs.

To me it's like the difference between a deontologist and a consequentalist. Both have their hearts in thee right place. The former wants to stick to their principles whereas the latter is more concerned with positive consequences regardless of principles.

We're all good people here.

Well, except for those of us who are awful like Drich, but you get the point. The vast majority of us here have good intentions. And in life that's what matters most of all.
Well said.  I do get frustrated when people put their own principles ahead of real world consequences, particularly if those consequences would not affect them much.  It feels selfish.  I'm not saying it IS selfish, as I'm sure people can spin it around and point out how going against ones own principals to supposedly help others also has drawbacks.  But since I'm apparently more of a consequentialist, I have a hard time standing in the shows of people who put their feelings ahead of the tangible wellbeing of others.

That sounds harsh, and i don't mean for it to. As you say, we are all still good people.  I'm not sure how best to phrase it.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?” 
― Tom StoppardRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Reply



Messages In This Thread
RE: The positive case for voting Hillary Clinton for president. - by Aroura - November 6, 2016 at 3:03 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  2024 GOP hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising voting age to 25 LinuxGal 11 1102 August 20, 2023 at 2:39 pm
Last Post: Thumpalumpacus
  Which nonpolitician could be president? Fake Messiah 8 905 January 16, 2023 at 11:29 pm
Last Post: Fireball
  Compulsory Voting BrianSoddingBoru4 132 10742 December 28, 2022 at 11:23 am
Last Post: Fireball
  What you think of USA voting system? Woah0 10 974 August 17, 2022 at 12:19 pm
Last Post: GUBU
  Bill Clinton and Ukraine Interaktive 4 380 August 5, 2022 at 1:23 pm
Last Post: Jehanne
  Kuchma, the president of Ukraine Interaktive 5 927 June 10, 2022 at 2:11 pm
Last Post: Interaktive
  Attack on voting Spongebob 103 7079 August 18, 2021 at 12:18 pm
Last Post: Spongebob
  Donald Trump is the best American president that USA has ever had Edge92 21 1878 June 4, 2021 at 6:57 pm
Last Post: Nay_Sayer
  has Biden done a good job as president? Drich 400 26487 May 23, 2021 at 8:40 am
Last Post: Rev. Rye
  The electors are voting right now. Gawdzilla Sama 18 1176 December 15, 2020 at 1:12 pm
Last Post: BrianSoddingBoru4



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)