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You are a part of society. If something is bad for society, it will, in the long run, be bad for you.
by imgabe 5y ago
You are a part of society. If something is bad for society, it will, in the long run, be bad for you.
- gbrown 5y agoNot to mention, if living your ideals is an important part of your own utility function, then yeah - it can be best for you even if it comes with other compromises.
- mavhc 5y agoIdeals are just long term benefits
- Majestic121 5y agoIf you sacrifice yourself to have an orphan out of an Ideal of selflessness or protection of the weak, the idea of benefits doesn't make sense since you'll never reap those benefits, being dead and all. If you look at the individual level, with a purely rational 'Homo economicus' rational actor, ideals don't make a lot of sense.
- mavhc 5y agoPeople are genetically programmed to look after children for the long term benefit of the species. It's so programmed in we think baby lions are cute.
- pharmakom 5y agoTrue but will your choice change the course of society? Probably not.
- revax 5y agoMy vote won't change the result of an election but I still vote.
- pharmakom 5y agoWe don’t vote because it’s rational, it’s part of a shared ritual.
- ipaddr 5y agoBy making his choice he is changing society. Lets say he has no global reach his choice may change opinions of the people around hom. It may even change minds on here.
- imgabe 5y agoYour choice definitely won’t change the course if you choose to contribute to the current course. “Hey, this boat is sinking. Will this one bucket of water I throw out stop it from sinking? No? Guess I’ll just do nothing then. Maybe I’ll pour some more water in. That’s the way things are going you know.“
- true_religion 5y agoYou may not change the entirety of your civilization, but you can at least be a part of a community that's living up to your ideals.