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[tinyfood]

Name: Entrapta
Date: oct 16th
Format: text

HELLO! I WANT TO COLLECT SOME DATA.

IF YOU HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT ETHICS, PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1] ARE THERE ACTIONS YOU CONSIDER UNACCEPTABLE REGARDLESS OF CONTEXT? IF SO, PLEASE PROVIDE EXAMPLES

2] ARE THERE SOME MITIGATING CONTEXTS THAT RENDER OTHERWISE UNACCEPTABLE ACTIONS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? IF SO, PLEASE PROVIDE EXAMPLES

3] IF A PERSON HAS PERFORMED AN UNACCEPTABLE ACTION, WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER AN APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT?

THANKS! 8)

Comments

text, un: CoolSkeleton95

[spaghettimonster]

WOW, THESE ARE DEEP QUESTIONS. FULL OF THOUGHTS OF TERRIBLE THINGS I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT!
BUT I DO HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT ETHICS, SO HERE I AM.

1... UM. HMM... DESTROYING THE WORLD, I GUESS.
AND STEALING THINGS YOU DON'T NEED, LIKE A CERTAIN DOG WHO ALREADY HAS DOZENS OF MY BONES, YET INSISTED ON TAKING EVEN MORE!!
OR LEAVING YOUR DIRTY LAUNDRY OUT IN THE OPEN, ALL OVER THE PLACE, EVEN AFTER SOMEONE REMINDS YOU TO PUT IT AWAY.
THAT STUFF IS PRIVATE! AND GROSS! THERE'S NO NEED FOR THAT!!
...NORMALLY I WOULD SAY KILLING PEOPLE, ENSLAVING PEOPLE, AND MIND CONTROLLING PEOPLE ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
THEY'RE ALL VERY PRETTY TERRIBLE!
ERASING A PERSON... THAT HURTS THEM IN A WAY YOU CAN'T EASILY UNDO. ESPECIALLY KILLING PEOPLE! ONCE THEY'RE DEAD, THAT'S USUALLY IT.
BUT....

ANSWERING 2......
TRYING TO PROTECT PEOPLE BY KILLING SOMEONE...
IF NOTHING ELSE WORKS, OR THERE ISN'T ANY TIME... THAT'S A LITTLE ACCEPTABLE. A LITTLE MITIGATING.
IMPRISONING PEOPLE IN A MOUNTAIN SO THEY CAN'T STEAL YOUR SOUL SUCKS, A LOT. BUT IF IT'S DONE TO PROTECT OTHER PEOPLE, MAYBE IT'S ONLY MOSTLY TERRIBLE.
AND MAYBE MIND CONTROL, JUST TO STOP PEOPLE FROM KILLING OR DOING IRREPARABLE HARM, WOULD BE OKAY. IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT IT MIGHT BE TOO HARD TO USE THAT AND NOT JUST DO OTHER TERRIBLE HARMS?

3... SCOLDING THEM AND STOPPING THEM FROM DOING IT AGAIN?
I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT VERY INTERESTED IN PUNISHMENT! NOT WHEN REFORMING THEM IS AN OPTION.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, PEOPLE ARE BEING THE BEST THEY CAN BE.
AND NOT MURDERING OR ENSLAVING OR CONTROLLING ANYONE IF THEY CAN HELP IT.
AND IF THEY CAN'T HELP IT, THEN.... KEEPING THEM AWAY SO THEY CAN'T DO IT TO ANYONE IS LOADS BETTER THAN PUNISHING THEM.
LIKE A LENGTHY AND EFFECTIVE TIME OUT.

[tinyfood]

HMMM I AGREE, JUST PUTTING SOMEONE WHERE THEY CAN'T BOTHER OTHER PEOPLE IS A MUCH BETTER SOLUTION THAN 'PUNISHING' THEM. THEY MIGHT STILL BE ABLE TO DO INTERESTING AND USEFUL THINGS APART FROM PEOPLE.

[spaghettimonster]

I DON'T KNOW USEFULNESS IS WHY WE SHOULDN'T LOCK PEOPLE AWAY...
OR HOW USEFUL THEIR THINGS CAN BE, WHEN THEY'RE LOCKED AWAY...
BUT THE OTHER PART'S TRUE!
PEOPLE LOCKED AWAY CAN DO ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING THINGS!
LIKE BUILD ENTIRE UNDERGROUND CIVILIZATIONS.

[Huh. Come to think of it, maybe he understands something a little more today.]