Journal JavaRob's Journal: Embryonic Rights, part V 4
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I had managed to reply to some of your posts before the comments closed on the last journal entry; here are the ones I didn't get to in time.
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Embryonic Rights, part V
Top Ten Things Overheard At The ANSI C Draft Committee Meetings: (5) All right, who's the wiseguy who stuck this trigraph stuff in here?
Re:Relativism (Score:2)
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=178370&cid=148 55167 [slashdot.org]
I'm going to probe a little more on some of these questions; I don't feel that I understand your model completely. I believe I understand the transaction between claiming and recognizing, but I'm still fuzzy on the differences between your language and mine. Also, I don't understand the third-party recognition of rights, since it doesn't fit exactly in the transaction model.
It's not really "transactional", though - maybe that'
Re:"recognize a claim" vs. "grant a right" (Score:2)
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=178370&cid=148 55430 [slashdot.org]
I still don't get this part -- how are they speaking nonsense? They are communicating effectively with others who *also* believe that rights are inherent.
Hmm...it seems clear enough. They might be sharing a common model with others who agree with that model, but the model itself is false (in your view). My students might tell me that objects stop unless pushed, and they might get widespread agreement in the class, but they are still
Re:Inherent rights model (Score:2)
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=178370&cid=148 55462 [slashdot.org]
Compare the alternative model of conscience (and built on that, human rights), built on instinct plus a big dose of social instruction and enforcement, etc. etc..
In which case, the blindness is parallel, and worse:
First, my moral compass is simply an outgrowth of evolution + culture. How am I to seek feedback within that framework? I can't predict the evolutionary outcome of my actions, and even if I could, there's nothing a priori
Re:Sources for unselfish behavior (Score:2)
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=178370&cid=148 91710 [slashdot.org]
(to which I think I already replied, but I wanted to make a related comment)
I can imagine an evolutionary framework in which self-sacrifice could be selected for by parents sacrificing for their children, for instance.
There's much more to human morality in its current state than blind instincts, of course... I started digging around online for other viewpoints on this subject and ran across a short essay that seemed to cover the basi