Either the Dictator is God, … or the Dictator is Moral
What’s this supposed to mean? First of all, the context of the hypothetical clearly indicates that the dictator is human. Second, what do you mean by ’Moral”?
Also, why is it suddenly more acceptable to murder than to just take their property? There’s these things called mental hospitals and prisons, you should look into them.
Edit: Look, it might help to define the LCPW in this context: the question is whether it is ever moral to take someone’s property from them, yeah? So focus on that by making the actual act of doing so really easy—he’s an absent dictator, owning all property on Rinax from his penthouse on Earth. One day he gets buried in paperwork and forgets to sign the form releasing the next year’s food allowance to his subjects. How long should they wait before they break open the shipping containers and steal his food?
The quote is a typo, incidentally—I meant to write “morTal”.
As seductive as the concept is, I see no firmament underlying the basis of ‘human rights’ - without a godhead who frimly endorses them, I’m not sure what they mean, beyond self-evident utlitarianism...
Oh Gods, have I become a Utlitarian? Possibly.
It’s hard to say; given that narrative of who is ‘right’ and who is ‘wrong’ is inevitably written by those who are on the firing squad, I tend not to like this question. I’m honestly not sure how to respond to your comment; what sort of reply would make sense? Let me ask you—was Darth Vader obviously the Good Guy, or was he a Villains whom you could Sympathize With?
What an interesting way of dodging the question.
What’s this supposed to mean? First of all, the context of the hypothetical clearly indicates that the dictator is human. Second, what do you mean by ’Moral”?
Also, why is it suddenly more acceptable to murder than to just take their property? There’s these things called mental hospitals and prisons, you should look into them.
Edit: Look, it might help to define the LCPW in this context: the question is whether it is ever moral to take someone’s property from them, yeah? So focus on that by making the actual act of doing so really easy—he’s an absent dictator, owning all property on Rinax from his penthouse on Earth. One day he gets buried in paperwork and forgets to sign the form releasing the next year’s food allowance to his subjects. How long should they wait before they break open the shipping containers and steal his food?
Heh, I’m nothing if not Interesting.
The quote is a typo, incidentally—I meant to write “morTal”.
As seductive as the concept is, I see no firmament underlying the basis of ‘human rights’ - without a godhead who frimly endorses them, I’m not sure what they mean, beyond self-evident utlitarianism...
Oh Gods, have I become a Utlitarian? Possibly.
It’s hard to say; given that narrative of who is ‘right’ and who is ‘wrong’ is inevitably written by those who are on the firing squad, I tend not to like this question. I’m honestly not sure how to respond to your comment; what sort of reply would make sense? Let me ask you—was Darth Vader obviously the Good Guy, or was he a Villains whom you could Sympathize With?