(September 14, 2012 at 2:14 pm)genkaus Wrote: And that is the point I was addressing. Under that ethical theory, the fireman would be considered immoral as well - unless he can show that the risk was, in fact, minimal.
Oh, my apologies. It just seemed queer that your intentional point was to condemn the saving of life. Then, according to this, does the fireman not have providence over his own body or not? Furthermore, self-sacrifice in order to save another (or multiple others) is hereby condemned if this is accepted. There also comes the issue that all things are dangerous and there is, therefore, no such thing as moral behaviour because the simple existence of a human is a risk to its own life. What do you say in response?
Religion is an attempt to answer the philosophical questions of the unphilosophical man.
