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

To: Solon who wrote (61391)	10/7/2002 5:50:43 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 82486

Solon I never said murdering someone was justified. I said if the only standard being applied is self interest then it might be justified. Self interest is not the only standard I would apply. When I was asked the question about if I would kill some anonomous person for tons of money if I knew it would never be traced back to me, I said no. But not because I thought that the act would definitly not be in my self interest. I suppose it might not be in my self interest because of the guilt I would probably feel but even if I knew that I would feel no guilt or other negative effects or emotions as a result of the murder I still would not do it. I realize that what Rand meant by self interest is probably not exactly the same thing that I would mean by self interest. Tim