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> You want norms that don't fuck you when you draw the short end of the stick. Not necessarily. You’re claiming your worldview as universal. It’s easy to imag
by JackFr 4y ago
> You want norms that don't fuck you when you draw the short end of the stick.
Not necessarily. You’re claiming your worldview as universal.
It’s easy to imagine an ethics where strength and power are virtues and weakness is a moral failing, and the strong owe nothing to the weak.
- guerrilla 4y ago> Not necessarily. You’re claiming your worldview as universal. So you're fine with a system where anyone is allowed to kidnap and torture you? That's in your interest? No, I didn't think so and you agree with me.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoIf I’m stronger and have more guns, why wouldn’t I want that system? Then I could kidnap, steal, etc. become wealthy through theft and spread my genes through rape. Isn’t this what we had a few tens of thousands of years ago?