A different take on "exploitation".

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A different take on "exploitation".

Fox — 3/29/2004 4:24:22 AM (archived)

Not of one culture by another, but of a planetary system's resources by its sole sentient species.

Do you believe, as I do, that there MUST be some commonalities in ethics for races that survive to become spacefaring? And the most important question- do humans possess those ethics?

I am using the term 'ethics' loosely... More accurate would be 'general racial attitudes'... I propse that one commonality we would have would be a desire to explore the unknown....

Any others?

Let's be even clearer and call it shared motivation. See my post to Dan just above... and realize that one possible "only" way humans may ever get farther than LEO is to harvest the ices and minerals orbiting the Sun at various distances. So far, on Earth, raw curiosity and desire to explore have not been sufficient to marshal the resources necessary. Desperation may. Will we share that parallel history with anyone we meet Out There? Will it make a difference if we do, or not?

"Fascinating, Captain..."

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Universal morals, input requested - R.L. - 3/26/2004 8:59:13 PM
- re: Universal morals, input requested - Lev Lafayette - 4/21/2004 6:00:26 AM
- re: Universal morals - Fox - 3/29/2004 2:24:34 AM
- re: Universal morals, input requested - Johannes - 3/28/2004 2:42:35 AM
- One definite common ground - R.L. - 3/27/2004 11:16:30 PM
- Big Question! - alcaray - 3/27/2004 8:34:55 PM
  - Ignore my first sentence. Got my Roberts mixed up. - alcaray - 3/27/2004 8:39:37 PM
    - Its ok- I have asked the other Roberts to change their names, they refused (n/t) - R.L. - 3/27/2004 9:53:12 PM
- re: Universal . . . ? - D. Spires - 3/27/2004 5:01:55 PM
- Interesting responses, another more specific question - R.L. - 3/27/2004 10:48:23 AM
  - A different take on "exploitation". - Fox - 3/29/2004 4:24:22 AM
  - re: I think not . . . - D. Spires - 3/27/2004 5:09:54 PM
    - Interesting recollection, Dan - Fox - 3/29/2004 4:05:57 AM
      - re: Exploitation . . . - D. Spires - 3/30/2004 12:26:22 AM
        
        re: Nemesis - Fox - 3/30/2004 6:11:10 PM
  - The only universal I can see is to exploit for profit. No matter the cost. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/27/2004 4:51:05 PM
    - Bowser, HEEL THYSELF - R.L. - 3/27/2004 10:45:16 PM
      - When differing civilizations encounter, what do you think happens? - Bowser - 3/27/2004 11:31:39 PM
- Good question..... - Publius - 3/27/2004 1:23:52 AM
- re: Universal morals, input requested - Mary Anne - 3/27/2004 12:24:00 AM
- re: Universal morals, input requested - Raoul - 3/26/2004 11:00:36 PM
- None. - Bowser - 3/26/2004 10:42:05 PM
- re: Universal morals, input requested - Robert - 3/26/2004 10:37:41 PM
  - That's part of "biological morality" - Lee - 3/27/2004 7:21:35 AM
    - BTW thanks for sidetracking another legitimate thread with your ignorant bigotry - R.L. - 3/27/2004 11:50:30 PM
    - Thats your own bigoted ignorant view - R.L. - 3/27/2004 7:01:36 PM
    - No, no, no - Robert - 3/27/2004 5:55:27 PM
    - This would certainly explain why we bring dogs and cats into the house. - Mary Anne - 3/27/2004 12:55:01 PM
- re: Universal morals, input requested - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2004 10:06:41 PM

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