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(LONG) "I Don't Know" as a Good Answer in Ethics
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RE: (LONG) "I Don't Know" as a Good Answer in Ethics
(November 21, 2017 at 7:59 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Not really, it's already in that state today.  Somewhere in the world..right now (I guarantee this) someone is violently stealing somebody else's shit.  It doesn't take a catastrophe to diminish our moral agency or competency....and just as often a catastrophe can bring out the best in us.

So they are demonstrating the ethics (as they see them) in their environment. Sounds pretty self centered and also sounds like the stealing could be rationalized as self survival.

Catastrophe was just and example. Surprised I have to explain that.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: (LONG) "I Don't Know" as a Good Answer in Ethics - by brewer - November 21, 2017 at 9:03 pm

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