Re: Apple II Reference Manual ("Red Book")

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <20000418130517.03464.00001626@ng-fu1.aol.com>,
Regnirps <regnirps@aol.com> wrote:
 
> pausch@saafNOSPAM.se  (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
>  
>>> This gets into some rather speculative ethical issues.  Like, if I shoot
>>> somebody unpopular, and nobody wants to prosecute me, is what I did
>>> wrong?
>  
>> Depends on your values.
> 
> Moral relativism.Makes it hard to trust the people around you doesn't it?
 
Depends on the degree of the moral relativism.  If one carries it as
far as "anything goes as long as you think it's OK", it makes it hard
to trust people around.
 
The other extreme -- moral absolutism, without compromises -- is probably
just as unbearable.  Consider for instance the religious right in the
USA, or their musil fellows in countries like Afghanistan or Iran...
 
As usual, a sensible middle ground is best.
 
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BTW, in the USA it's considered OK to kill people in some
circumstances: if the government and/or the so-called "justice
system" does the killing.  Capital punishment has a lot of supporters
in the US -- so obviously there are many americans who think it's
right to kill some unpopular people.
 
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