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Then it gets down to: what rules matter?

• saycheese 10y ago
  "Don't be evil."
  • deleted 10y ago
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  • manarth 10y ago
    But when "the ends justify the means"?
    • saycheese 10y ago
      "Do the right thing."
    • mcguire 10y ago
      The means you use determine the ends you get.
    • TeMPOraL 10y ago
      The ends may justify the means in abstract, but they don't among humans. http://lesswrong.com/lw/uv/ends_dont_justify_means_among_humans/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/uv/ends_dont_justify_means_among_hum...
• RangerScience 10y ago
  "Fire is hard, cars are hard, and if you think you can fly, start from the ground."
• dhfhduk 10y ago
  Rules don't matter. Ethics do. The former exist in the service of the latter. One problem we have with contemporary US culture is condoning a sort of twisted narcissistic, psychopathic assertion that because competently breaking the rules is sometimes ethical, breaking the rules is a sign of competence.