From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Fri May 24 2002 - 07:10:57 MDT
Robert J. Bradbury:
>For Amara and Gina, I would offer up the question of whether or not,
>in Greg Stock's posthuman world, you feel it should be legal to
>allow other posthumans to turn their empathic feelings down to zero?
'legal' ? Hell no. I hate laws, especially coercive ones.
However, if one turns empathy to zero, I think it would be a pretty good
and quick way to destroy the human and trans and posthumans races.
Try decoupling the humans' passion for life from their reverence for
life, because that is what is really behind your question. Empathy is
strongly linked to a care and respect (and love, if you will) of beings
around you. Nice trick if you can do that, if you that's what you really
want. Do you think posthumans would have a passion for life if they had
zero care for their fellow beings? For their offspring? I'm not talking
about living one's life for others, Robert, because you have to want to
live life for yourself first. Instead, I'm talking about the growth and
challenges and education and sharing experiences that other living
beings can provide in your environment, if you are awake and not asleep.
My interest in living a passionate life would disappear in a very short
time.
Would you want to live in that kind of future? I wouldn't.
Amara
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