(March 4, 2013 at 11:43 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote:(March 4, 2013 at 11:25 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: It doesn't matter if it conforms to reality. A consistent ethical system should be able to address all conceivable situations. This is a conceivable situation even though it isn't a real situation.
Exactly! Whatever conclusions one may get out of a debate on a fictional never existing dilema - it doesn`t matter!
Or can you show me how it would?
It would matter if scientists all of a sudden united in their opinion that one race was inferior
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
