From: Replicant00@aol.com
Date: Mon Oct 25 1999 - 09:42:21 MDT
In a message dated 10/25/1999 5:01:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
rob@hbinternet.co.uk writes:
<< The only moral that should be remembered is to treat people well, in
order to minimise suffering. >>
This is the most simplistic thing I have ever heard. One cannot treat people
well carte blanche, believe me. It breaks down at the first turn: treat
someone well who is mistreating you? (etc. etc.) And what exactly does that
mean, treating people well. You want me to treat you as I think you should
be treated? Or as YOU think you should be treated... (Hell, I know better -
ya know, what is good fer ya... i think I do... yep - you need to go to
church, that's good fer ya, rob)
Look at how the missionaries did all those good things for the people on
Hawaii..
: - )
Morals have always been a hot topic for a very good reason.
They are complicated and tricky to establish, even within one's own autonomy.
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