Off Topic — HabitableZone

Off Topic » in reply to What is morality?

An issue. Involves empathy, which is lacking in True Believers.

The basic premise that professed Libertarians utilize is the one of "harm to others". The problem is they interpret "harm" to mean what THEY believe the other person should find harmful.

True Believers truly believe that Iraqis are better off because of the US actions, and they are not being "harmed". They are getting a shot at "freedom", "democracy" and rid of a dictator. Even though husbands, wives, sons and daughters are killed, raped, and tortured, there is no harm to the country. They are absolved of any responsibility, even if it is their agents doing the killing, etc.

If you check with Iraqis, they are experiencing, in their eyes, a helluva lot of harm.

Goes to the thread on "empathy", and lack of it, on another board.

Arf

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