@Tfmonkey @ButtWorldsMan @shortstories @37712 @Chimi_Chuang_Tzu @Stahesh
POLL REQUEST
every boy growing up has to contend with violence & war. his attitude to violence, capacity for it, inclination for it, skill level, under what conditions to use it, against whom, how far to go.
this includes hunting, revenge, retaliation, defense & offense. and for those of us that believe in a moral universe, good and evil.
under your ethical framework, how do you contend with this?
@UncleIroh - When giving advice to young males regarding violence... I try to leave ethics, duty, honor, and morality, out of the conversation.
I tell them: "be smart about it." So, might makes right, but bear in mind the consequences. Evaluate your personal "might" accurately, because the stakes can be quite high.
@YoMomz @Tfmonkey @ButtWorldsMan @shortstories @37712 @Chimi_Chuang_Tzu @Stahesh
Might makes right means you have to always win.
@YoMomz @Tfmonkey @ButtWorldsMan @shortstories @37712 @Chimi_Chuang_Tzu @Stahesh
Appreciate that @YoMomz
I advise young'uns to think about their moral/ethical grounding FIRST, because a worldview necessarily entails all scenarios.
Consequentialist reasoning in 1v1 conflict seems to work out, but against the State it leads you to caving to Solzhenitsyn scenarios - "I wish everyone had ignored personal consequences". Now everyone is fucked so we all break rocks until we die, cowards.