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

To: Neocon who wrote (60686)10/2/2002 2:22:44 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
The you have to remember that the motivator of your behavior is YOU and YOUR intent. This gets back to the road to hell... In most states, there are Good Samaritan laws that prevent you from being sued if your intention was to provide benefit (even if the average person would have done a much better job than you did!) Those same states EXCLUDE the very people who are most ABLE to accomplish the task from Good Samaritan protections (e.g., Drs. and nurses). It motivates a doctor to pass-by an accident scene because they may find themselves in court from a botched emergency tracheotomy that leaves you mute but saved your life.



To: Neocon who wrote (60686)10/2/2002 2:31:39 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Well, I'm not sure my interest in being a good person is the key by itself.

If I see being a good person as being to my advantage, then that is in my self-interest.

But if I'm the first born son of a Mafioso I may well see being quite a bad person as being in my self-interest, bonding me to my family, assuring material wealth with minimal risk of adverse consequences.


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