tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344810805089119836.post6035724734223082497..comments2023-11-03T00:49:27.673-07:00Comments on Ssnot!: I should think more.Tatarizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06655536699564744308noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344810805089119836.post-91534426678113280152011-06-01T15:10:15.794-07:002011-06-01T15:10:15.794-07:00Certainly you and many other noble individuals wou...Certainly you and many other noble individuals would feel duty bound to prevent whatever harm they realistically could, but such a duty is self-imposed. It is not an attack to stand by while someone else attacks. <br /><br />Essentially this entire conversation boils down to having an adequate and working definition of "morality". It seems to me most pragmatic to say that so long as an individual is not inciting harm against another he is acting morally. One then who goes out of his way to prevent harm caused by others would be considered some kind of super-moral, and should be treated as the hero that he is.Vahram G. Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11716368245497414332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344810805089119836.post-82646129093351763002011-06-01T15:00:53.231-07:002011-06-01T15:00:53.231-07:00If that were the difference. Then I should perhaps...If that were the difference. Then I should perhaps for the greater good allow somebody else to do such a thing. If blame is my only concern. However, I wouldn't I would be duty-bound to prevent such actions if I could.Tatarizehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655536699564744308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344810805089119836.post-29744392961713276252011-06-01T12:15:58.400-07:002011-06-01T12:15:58.400-07:00Implementing coercive action to murder the hobo is...Implementing coercive action to murder the hobo is fundamentally different than allowing harm to come to him through outside means. Coercion is wrong, defense is not. <br /><br />Assuming that you were not the one to put the hobo and children in a situation where either one of the other would have to do, you are not to be blamed for anyone's death. Harvesting a hobo's organs however puts you at blame for his death. If you did not harvest his organs and let the children, you are not the cause of their death, you just allowed it to happen.Vahram G. Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11716368245497414332noreply@blogger.com