I'm going to focus on one answer that relates to a post of Doug for now.
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: Morality is just self interest?
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 04:49
Seriously, I don't know why I have become so involved. ... Do
I worry about my fellow man because I want there to be a fair
and clean world for my nephews?
Roy Rappaport pointed out, in `Ritual and Religion in the Making of
Humanity', which I am reading right now,
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- Original Message -
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: Free will and physics
I did not label goals rational and irrational -- in fact, in this thread
I specifically stated that my stated
Interesting...
I want the world to be a better place because I want it to be around by the
time my nephews are old enough to take over. Haha.
I must say, that before my brother and sister-in-law started to produce kids,
I was worried about the future of the world, but not as much as now. I
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 04:49:49PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
This was clearly in the best interest of the Iroquois, but not the
slaughtered tribes, nor humanity in general. Yet, it was a perfectly
rational act, if you assume the Iroquois acted in the self interest of
their own tribe.
Until
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Seriously, I don't know why I have become so involved. I, myself, don't plan
to have kids so maybe I am nothing more then a beta male helping the rest of
the family to protect the young and help pass on our genes? Or is it a higher
sense of purpose that only mankind
