(March 4, 2013 at 11:21 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote:(March 4, 2013 at 10:57 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: I thought this would be an interesting ethics discussion.
And of what use are conclusions drawn out of ethics debates on a subject non confirm with reality?
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.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).