(November 6, 2016 at 7:24 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: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.(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.
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 Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead