RE: Should we discard achievements made by unlikable people?
December 17, 2017 at 2:25 pm
(This post was last modified: December 17, 2017 at 2:28 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
Discard achievements by everyone 
No but seriously, what do you mean by discard them?
People achieve stuff, whether they're awful people or not. The question is only whether we should give them credit for it. And why give anyone credit for anything regardless of how good or bad they are as a person? Even when someone's a good person, gratitude is a better emotion than pride.
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The fact Cosby has done bad stuff is what makes him a bad person. Imagining awful things doesn't make someone bad at all.
Acting nice in public has nothing to do with how good a person is. Fake niceness is not the same thing as good actions.
No but seriously, what do you mean by discard them?
People achieve stuff, whether they're awful people or not. The question is only whether we should give them credit for it. And why give anyone credit for anything regardless of how good or bad they are as a person?
Even when someone's a good person, gratitude is a better emotion than pride.(December 17, 2017 at 7:18 am)bennyboy Wrote: Is it possible that Cosby, when he's in the public, actually IS a great guy? Or is it that he is always, 24/7, a monster, and he's hiding the truth? Am I a 24/7 monster too, someone who has imagined rape, murder, theft or violence in the past, but have had either the discipline (or the simple lack of opportunity) to keep my actions under control?
?????
The fact Cosby has done bad stuff is what makes him a bad person. Imagining awful things doesn't make someone bad at all.
Acting nice in public has nothing to do with how good a person is. Fake niceness is not the same thing as good actions.
