Lester
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| I completely disagree, I am pro-choice, but I still take in the *potential* for human life into my decision, just like if you were going to close down a power station because no-one wanted solar power and you knew coal prices were about to go up, you wouldn't close it, because in the future it will make more money. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| Lester wrote: | | I completely disagree, I am pro-choice, but I still take in the *potential* for human life into my decision, just like if you were going to close down a power station because no-one wanted solar power and you knew coal prices were about to go up, you wouldn't close it, because in the future it will make more money. |
That is an instance of economic cost analysis. If you applied the same concepts to people (their net worth, in resources or dollar figures, to society), you'd be surprised how often it would be best to put someone down. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:01 am Post subject: |
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| But there are more important things than money. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| In which case your comparison to fuel costs is not relevent to the matter at hand. |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| It is relevant, the potential for future gain outweighs the present loss, in both situations. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:08 am Post subject: |
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| That's apples and oranges lester. You've got to use the same cost-benefit analysis methodologies in both, otherwise your analogy is invalid. |
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Lester
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| Perhaps you should instead view it as a metaphor then. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:45 am Post subject: |
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Well, it would be a valid metaphor.
But then, it would be a bad metaphor too, for the aforementioned reasons. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| Lester wrote: | | It is relevant, the potential for future gain outweighs the present loss, in both situations. |
I see what you were saying.. the point was never about money. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:20 am Post subject: |
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| exton wrote: | Well, it would be a valid metaphor.
But then, it would be a bad metaphor too, for the aforementioned reasons. |
It was a good metaphor.. you just have to think outside the box. Now how about we get to discussing the Pillow Angel, huh?
Was it right or not what her parents had done to her? |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| CustomFordGirl wrote: |
It was a good metaphor.. you just have to think outside the box. |
You often can't apply economics to morality and expect to get results that will make you feel comfortable. Hence, my objection to the metaphor.
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Now how about we get to discussing the Pillow Angel, huh?
Was it right or not what her parents had done to her? |
Neither. I don't think that right and wrong can apply to such a girl, not the way that they normally would. Without a conscious mind, she's little more morally relevent than the degree to which other people care about her.
I can see the logic in the solution that the parents chose, and i think that it was a good one based on their goals (keeping the girl alive and healthy).
I think their goals are misguided, however; their desire to keep the girl around is based on a trully irrational emotional attachment. I don't think it's really proper to leave the girl alive at all.
That's not to say that emotional attachments are unimportant. But there comes a time when you've got to be able to let go. Life doesn't always work out the way a person might want it to. |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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In communism economics and morality is combined, thats why I like it so much.
but to the subject at hand, I think it would be right if it were reversible, but the fact that it's not causes me to question whether the parents truly had the childs best interests in mind, or if they had their own, what parent wouldn't want the chance to keep their child yound and innocent for eternity? |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Lester wrote: | | In communism economics and morality is combined, thats why I like it so much. |
Then it may be that you don't understand the economics part. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:39 am Post subject: |
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| exton wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | In communism economics and morality is combined, thats why I like it so much. |
Then it may be that you don't understand the economics part. |
From each according to their ability, to each according to their need, it's not too difficult. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| Lester wrote: |
From each according to their ability, to each according to their need, it's not too difficult. |
Oh, it's easy in principle. Not quite so simple in execution. The economy is a rather complex thing; micromanaging it...doesn't work out well. |
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