(April 12, 2012 at 7:38 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: The golden rule works generally well for relations between rational adults of equal status but has nothing to say about the moral responsibilities we have to ourselves, non- or semi-sentient beings, the insane, or vulnerable populations, like the unborn or the mentally retarded.
Could you expand on that. The golden rule works quite well for vulnerable populations if you would treat them the same way you would want to be treated if the situation was reversed. Likewise with mental retardation.
Which moral responsibilities are you referring to in terms of the self? Generally, they are in terms of the effects upon loved ones etc, but it works fine for the self in that it doesn't apply to the self. If you want to destroy yourself, then as long as it harms no one, I have no problem with that, but rarely is harm to yourself completely victimless.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
