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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (60141)	9/27/2002 5:25:09 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I must confess I am at a loss over this also. Perhaps we are using words differently. Maybe when Neo comes back we can go over what he means by a "duty" and where it comes from, in his opinion. Is it a social contract? Because if it is, individuals rewrite their social contracts all the time. I guess I have done that with my chronically late friends- if indeed there is such a contract. And I am not sure there is. It will be interesting to get into this more deeply. BTW, ignore the little feral kitty sharpening her claws. Kitties can carry nasty diseases. Self interest often requires that one stay away from them.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (60141)	9/30/2002 3:19:54 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

You take disparate cases. In the first case, being late to a meeting, you undertook to be present at a particular time, or very near it, and others relied upon your representation. Thus, if you are very late, you have let them down, discommoding them when they might have done something else with their time. Thus, you ought to apologize and/or explain how it was an accident, since, in essence, you broke your word. In the second case, it may very well be that your internal state of belief is your own business, or that the penalties associated with agnosticism are too severe to invite them by publicity, or that you feel that most parties have too remote a connection to you to have to answer at their whim. On the other hand, I do think that if it is on the table, you owe an explanation to those closest to you, who will be the most troubled by the matter, and the most affected if there are social repercussions, such as your wife. I already distinguished between genuinely interested parties and busy bodies.