From: steve (steve365@btinternet.com)
Date: Sat Jun 01 2002 - 14:19:02 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Phillips" <deepbluehalo@earthlink.net>
To: <extropians@tick.javien.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: re: ethnocentrism and extropianism?
<large snip>
> One thing you need to realize is that just because I'm lots smarter than
> most
> of my relations, more open to novelty, probably will be lots richer,etc.
> doesn't mean I don't have a clear and consistent obligation to them, to
> protect them, to guard their interests.
Really? Where does this obligation come from? I can see a responsibility to
parents (up to a point) and to peope with whom I've voluntarily chosen to
associate but how do I have an obligation to kin (close genetic relatives I
presume)?
We hear lots on this list about
> game theory and disinterested brokering based on reputation.
> Reputation. In a word the appearance of honor. Which stems from
> what? Adherence to values.
Not exactly. That surely means things like adherence to obligations that
have been voluntarily entered into as well as other things such as not
telling lies, stealing etc (keeping to the Decalogue basically). What does
that have to do with loyalty to kin?
Generally speaking I am in the same position as Damien, my answer to most of
the questions put is "no, not at all" or "not very much".
Steve Davies
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