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That's true for up to some level, but above that you arrive to some ether where rationality is useless or even dangerous. You see a little girl running toward
by gbog 13y ago
That's true for up to some level, but above that you arrive to some ether where rationality is useless or even dangerous.
You see a little girl running toward a minefield, you jump and save her, there is no reasoning. For many who believe in God (not my case) it is something you know is right, but has no reasoning behind.
But here it's just some moral principles that are above the law, above the country, and sometime even above oneself. That's what Snowden and Manning teach us (or me, at least)
- jpttsn 13y ago(I know this is dragging on) > You see a little girl running toward a minefield, you jump and save her, there is no reasoning. You see a little girl standing on top of a tall building, a crowd gathered below. You grow frustrated, tension rises. You start chanting "Jump! Jump!" and watch the girl throw herself to her death. There's no reasoning. [1] I don't think anecdotes like that prove much. Human nature has us do things without thinking, for better and sometimes for worse. I don't think these moments of impulse necessarily embody any higher principle, or stand "above" rationality. Having moral principles that stand "above" the law is fine: those will let you decide in favour of what's moral instead of what's legal. But that's still reasoning. [1] This is surprisingly common when people jump from buildings.