> "So life isn't really precious. It is only precious in terms of its relationship to me"
I'm curious as to which moral framework or philosophy you subscribe to? Or more concretely, how do you go about deciding when it is permissible to engage in self-serving actions at the expense of others?
> Or more concretely, how do you go about deciding when it is permissible to engage in self-serving actions at the expense of others?
Roughly, parochial altruism, though not in the traditional sex/race/language-based sense. As you can imagine, almost everyone's point of view here is not summarizable into text short enough to be of value for you to read, so that's the un-nuanced way of putting it.
The truth, though, is that what I said previously was more descriptive than aspirational. That's just who I am, observed solely through the lens of my actions. It's not very different from anyone else. Really, I only say "I" in that entire text because if I said "We" people would be offended, even though what I said is really banally normal.
I'm curious as to which moral framework or philosophy you subscribe to? Or more concretely, how do you go about deciding when it is permissible to engage in self-serving actions at the expense of others?