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> It does not follow that because you would ask for money that you should therefore give people money. Of course it does. If there is any logic to ethics is th
by PittleyDunkin 2y ago
> It does not follow that because you would ask for money that you should therefore give people money.
Of course it does. If there is any logic to ethics is that you should behave towards others how you would like to be treated in their position.
> There's an implicit assumption that most people who ask for money are in the position you imagined yourself to be in that case.
Well, yes. To assume otherwise, or to fall into such deep skepticism that you think you cannot assume anything about how other people pass through the world, is to give up on empathy.
- fluoridation 2y ago>Well, yes. To think otherwise is to give up on empathy. Please expand on that. How are you becoming less empathetic by not assuming things about other people?
- PittleyDunkin 2y ago> How are you becoming less empathetic by not assuming things about other people? Because there isn't a single situation in existence where this isn't a valid excuse to not care about the needs of others.
- fluoridation 2y agoThat doesn't answer my question.