Clearly, you've done this sort of thing before. :eek:
The categorical imperative
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Bob asks you where Bobby-Joe is so he can go get your 10k, but when he gets there Bobby-Joe whacks Bob on the spot , takes his wallet and watch, calls you up, tells you he just whacked Bob and you owe him 20k. He'll call on you in 3 days. You know Bobby-Joe follows Kant so you tell the Cops to ask him did he whack Bob so he has to say Yes. Unfortunately he heard about you grassing him up and he got to you in 2 before the cops got to him.
Thanks for asking, LeCrum, but don't get your hopes up. Wishful thinking appears to be clouding your judgment. In the meantime, we're all anticipating the glorious day when you'll be able to spell just like a real adult.Quote from Lucrum:
And the problem with that is...?
Not everyone can be a closet gay, bleeding heart, pantie waste, cross dresser who is in touch with his feelings, like you dawg.
It's a diverse world out there blunderdawg.
But then you like that sort of thing... right?
I am working my way to the Moral Imperative, which is a kind of Categorical Imperative.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_imperative
Does anyone see the parallels between the Moral Imperative and all the world religions?
"I am my brothers keeper"...etc...
It seems that communism, and perhaps even socialism, begin here. It is also where Ayn Rand begins her criticism.
I am racking my brain trying to reconcile how to let free men innovate and make lots of money and therefore raise the standard of living for everyone (e.g., Bill Gates), while at the same time use the code of honor like that which exists in the Marines, "leave no man behind". Is social democracy really an answer that fulfills both opposing forces?
Is charity a problem only when run through government? Human nature is to believe that more and more is their God given right (health care?). That almost certainly leads to apathy for work, no? Is private charity the right answer then?
Current government intervention in corporations, is that a Moral Imperative? Is that repeating history in the wrong way, giving government too much control the way that Germany and countless others have been given this kind of control? Are we about to repeat 1000 years of history? What of the cry of men that have built this country on probably the simplest principle of all, Laissez-faire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laissez-faire
I tell you there is nothing harder to resolve, the forces between those that have and those that don't, and nothing more important.
That is why I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I believe that you have to be adaptable, and vote when the people they each favor, one gets too far ahead of the other. Restore balance. Mean revert as much as possible without ruining the trend higher that leads us all out of poverty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_imperative
Does anyone see the parallels between the Moral Imperative and all the world religions?
"I am my brothers keeper"...etc...
It seems that communism, and perhaps even socialism, begin here. It is also where Ayn Rand begins her criticism.
I am racking my brain trying to reconcile how to let free men innovate and make lots of money and therefore raise the standard of living for everyone (e.g., Bill Gates), while at the same time use the code of honor like that which exists in the Marines, "leave no man behind". Is social democracy really an answer that fulfills both opposing forces?
Is charity a problem only when run through government? Human nature is to believe that more and more is their God given right (health care?). That almost certainly leads to apathy for work, no? Is private charity the right answer then?
Current government intervention in corporations, is that a Moral Imperative? Is that repeating history in the wrong way, giving government too much control the way that Germany and countless others have been given this kind of control? Are we about to repeat 1000 years of history? What of the cry of men that have built this country on probably the simplest principle of all, Laissez-faire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laissez-faire
I tell you there is nothing harder to resolve, the forces between those that have and those that don't, and nothing more important.
That is why I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I believe that you have to be adaptable, and vote when the people they each favor, one gets too far ahead of the other. Restore balance. Mean revert as much as possible without ruining the trend higher that leads us all out of poverty.
How to reconcile a country like Cuba. They send doctors to Haiti before any tragedy without asking anything in return. Cubans are completely broke, but their capacity for compassion and altruism is legendary. The moral imperative incarnate.
But is this a role that government should set for itself and enforce on it's people? Doesn't seem right, but I bet no Haitians are complaining...
But is this a role that government should set for itself and enforce on it's people? Doesn't seem right, but I bet no Haitians are complaining...
Nitro, explain moral imperative better than the link please.
The average cuban Doctor makes $20 per month. The avearge unskilled Haitian makes about $1.25 per day. What doctor wouldnt want a 50% pay raise?
But then if every doctor wanted that payraise and they all left Cuba, there would be no doctors in Cuba and Cuba would need compassionate doctors to come there and work for small change. So the real measure of compassion is in the doctors that make large amounts of money and the take huge paycuts to help the poor. Right?