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Botnst · #1 10-22-2007, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by tankdriver

FYP.
I see no reason to abandon our morality because they have.

Rules? In a knife fight?

tankdriver · #2 10-22-2007, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

Rules? In a knife fight?

Morality transcends rules.

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Originally Posted by aklim

How about "Because it puts us at a severe disadvantage."? Or how about "Because we would be stupid to insist that they play by our rules instead of us playing by the rules of the game."? Some card games have rules that vary based on where you are playing. Are you telling me you play by the rules of the game at that place or do you play by the rules of the casino you usually go to?

I don't insist they play by our rules. I don't get to decide that. We do get to decide how we act. Or have the illusion of that choice anyway.

aklim · #3 10-22-2007, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by tankdriver

Morality transcends rules.

I don't insist they play by our rules. I don't get to decide that. We do get to decide how we act. Or have the illusion of that choice anyway.

Well, I suppose if we go by that, would it matter who judges us later on? I mean, morality is only good if you are alive. Would morality matter to the dead? I think not.

And so far, we have decided poorly. So, which is better? A live immoral person or a dead moral person. I don't know about you but I take living if I were offered the choice.