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To: Lane3 who wrote (78235)	10/23/2003 2:39:36 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) of 82486

The source of fear can be broken down into two categories. 1) The fear of a loss or injury that is associated with earthly material: Property, wealth, cloths, food, shelter, or the security related to these things. The loss of people who are more useful vs less useful in this regard. This can be extended to humanity in the sense that individuals are useful or not useful to society or to other individuals. 2) The fear of loss or injury that is associated with the moral, sentimental, and emotional sense of personhood. This may be extended to a regard for humanity in general in the sense that every soul no matter how useful in the material sense is essentially equal and associated in respect to their personhood; loss or injury associated with one may then be regarded by all. I was referring to the first category of fear, which I consider bound in materialism and utilitarianism. The two types of fear are definitely juxta-positioned and often incompatible. So, if you spiral back to the life raft metaphor you may see how the divisions fall out ... or, maybe not.

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