RE: The logical consequences of omnipotence
February 7, 2013 at 1:53 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2013 at 1:54 pm by Violet.)
(February 7, 2013 at 1:32 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Except you have the option to quit being a wage slave.
Do you have the option to quit being a child?
Quote:You can be comfortable with whatever you like. Doesn't make it moral.
It doesn't make it amoral to be uncomfortable with torture either
Quote:There's no such thing as "evolutionary thinking." Evolution isn't a directed process, it's not striking out toward something. Yes genetic propagation is a part of the process, but we as evolved beings are quite capable of tempering that with additional moral principles that are in themselves advantageous from the viewpoint of evolution. We are a social animal, our societies are our greatest strength, and the things that aid in the maintenance of our social structure- like a prohibition on rape- are evolutionarily advantageous to humanity as a species.
Evolution *can* be a directed process, and often is when we approach it... domesticated animals, selective breeding, eugenics: these things should have clued you into that.
Absolutely, if your goal is to get your DNA into as many babies as possible (or, as a woman: to have a baby ASAP and maybe with 'the right guy')... rape is absolutely an effective method.
All beings on this planet are 'evolved beings', and morals are wholly subjective, our evolutionary goals interpretable. Not every one of us is a social animal, nor is society the greatest strength for many (observe criminals)... and things like a prohibition on rape hold back what humanity could be. It is specifically designed because people don't like rape, well if you pass on rape-willing genetics and/or mentality to your children: one day their opinions won't matter, because rapists will be everywhere.
Quote:And yet we have sanctions against it for a reason. It's not socially healthy for everyone to be pogrom-ing on everyone else.
I'm pretty sure the reason we have sanctions against it is *also* political. The geneva convention won't last forever, though
Also, under certain lines of thought... it's rather socially beneficial for your community
Quote:You got a modest proposal to deal with that?
Yeah, abortion helps... also condoms. But sometimes you don't have access to the first one, and shit happens.
Babies get binned unfortunately often.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day