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Subject: Re: Poor People/Lazy People
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Date: Thu, 16-Oct-86 10:37:17 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 16 10:37:17 1986
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> >Mr. Perlow misses the boat. The question is not what what ethical
> >philosophy he follows that imposes these obligations on HIM, but what
> >ethical philosophy he follows that imposes these obligations on US.
> >It's perfectly irrelevant to me what Mr. Perlow believes are his own
> >obligations to various people; I merely would like him to state his
> >argument that I (and the rest of society) are similarly bound...
> 
> Me too.  But change the wording a bit:  I'd like to see his argument for
> why he believes I should buy that jerk's dinner.

Sigh.  Alas, the universality of inter-personal obligation is axiomatic.
To me, and fortunately, to a lot of other people.  And fortunately to you,
too, unless you've never personally profitted from somebody else's
kindness.  (Insert halo here.  No, that's too bright.  OK, a little bit to
the left--that's it.)  But I have a question for those of you to whom
egoism and rationalism are the alpha and omega:  What's life about, anyway?

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