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We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing.

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RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing.

May 17, 2012 at 10:12 am (This post was last modified: May 17, 2012 at 10:34 am by Anomalocaris.)

(May 17, 2012 at 1:10 am)Annik Wrote: Anyone care to talk about the ethical dilemmas involved in generation ships?

Such as?

(May 17, 2012 at 1:18 am)Hovik Wrote:
(May 17, 2012 at 1:10 am)Annik Wrote: Anyone care to talk about the ethical dilemmas involved in generation ships?

This is something you and I have talked about, of course, but I'm not sure people really think about the ethical aspects of this type of space travel.

I don't think they are ethical. They would doom countless generations to a life that they didn't choose by a world they've never seen all for a mission they'll never complete.

The deepest purpose of ethics is species survival. So whether act essential to species survival can be smoothly undertaken within the ethics system is the measure of the ethical system. The ethical system is not the measure of whether this act should be undertaken. That a act essential to species survival might seem unethical shows the system of ethics is deeply, perhaps fatally, flawed. It means when the foreplay is over, and the chips are down, the system of ethics is found to hinder rather than further its own most fundamental reason for existence.

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We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Annik - May 15, 2012 at 4:06 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Paul the Human - May 15, 2012 at 4:11 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Minimalist - May 15, 2012 at 5:00 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Mister Agenda - May 15, 2012 at 5:10 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by zebo-the-fat - May 15, 2012 at 5:11 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Annik - May 15, 2012 at 5:40 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Minimalist - May 15, 2012 at 5:33 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Angrboda - May 15, 2012 at 6:51 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Annik - May 15, 2012 at 7:34 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Minimalist - May 15, 2012 at 9:20 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by libalchris - May 15, 2012 at 7:58 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Anomalocaris - May 15, 2012 at 8:23 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by libalchris - May 15, 2012 at 9:23 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Adjusted Sanity - May 15, 2012 at 11:45 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by KichigaiNeko - May 16, 2012 at 3:44 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Chuff - May 16, 2012 at 4:00 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Anomalocaris - May 16, 2012 at 11:13 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Angrboda - May 16, 2012 at 4:07 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Annik - May 16, 2012 at 2:24 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by fuckass365 - May 16, 2012 at 1:10 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by libalchris - May 16, 2012 at 1:13 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Welsh cake - May 16, 2012 at 1:31 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Minimalist - May 16, 2012 at 1:33 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Anomalocaris - May 16, 2012 at 1:41 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Minimalist - May 16, 2012 at 1:55 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Hovik - May 16, 2012 at 2:34 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Anomalocaris - May 16, 2012 at 4:55 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Annik - May 16, 2012 at 4:59 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by libalchris - May 16, 2012 at 4:32 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Minimalist - May 16, 2012 at 5:52 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Angrboda - May 17, 2012 at 12:41 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Minimalist - May 17, 2012 at 1:01 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Annik - May 17, 2012 at 1:10 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Hovik - May 17, 2012 at 1:18 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by fuckass365 - May 17, 2012 at 6:52 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Anomalocaris - May 17, 2012 at 10:12 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Annik - May 17, 2012 at 1:42 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Anomalocaris - May 17, 2012 at 1:50 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Angrboda - May 17, 2012 at 2:10 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Minimalist - May 17, 2012 at 2:56 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Angrboda - May 17, 2012 at 11:18 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Minimalist - May 17, 2012 at 11:43 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Jaysyn - May 17, 2012 at 11:58 am

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Anomalocaris - May 17, 2012 at 12:11 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by fuckass365 - May 17, 2012 at 3:07 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Anomalocaris - May 17, 2012 at 3:32 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Hovik - May 17, 2012 at 4:11 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Anomalocaris - May 17, 2012 at 4:24 pm

RE: We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by Angrboda - May 17, 2012 at 5:21 pm

We can dare to dream of the stars again, if only we can achieve this small thing. - by fuckass365 - May 17, 2012 at 4:40 pm

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