Re:How Software Companies Die by Orson Scott Card (1995)
by dasil003 on Friday November 29, 2013 @08:16AM
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It's not about ethics, it's about beliefs vs qualities. Being gay is a genetic trait, it's not a formed belief system. Whether that was generally understood 70 years ago is neither here nor there. Furthermore, there is the question of liberty. Being gay and performing homosexual acts is a personal choice, it does not hurt anyone else the way bigotry does.
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Re:How Software Companies Die by Orson Scott Card (1995)
by adamnemecek on Friday November 29, 2013 @03:08PM
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> Whether that was generally understood 70 years ago is neither here nor there.
That's some handwaving.
Again, your argument looks at it with present eyes.
Re:How Software Companies Die by Orson Scott Card (1995)
by dasil003 on Friday November 29, 2013 @04:37PM
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So does yours. It's impossible for us to have any non-modern perspective. It's a moot point to argue. My point is that there is a difference between a belief and biological trait. That distinction is timeless regardless of what contemporary morality says about various beliefs and actions.
Re:How Software Companies Die by Orson Scott Card (1995)
by adamnemecek on Friday November 29, 2013 @05:07PM
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> So does yours.
How so?
> It's impossible for us to have any non-modern perspective.
Sure, but we can try.
> My point is that there is a difference between a belief and biological trait.
I mean, I get your point and I agree with it but again, that does not really tell us anything about ethics in the past.