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To: Selectric II who wrote (34155)	1/4/2004 12:23:27 PM
From: lurqer	Respond to of 89467

My quote -> Perhaps a more interesting question is - Are you a murderer, if you support a preemptive aggressive war whose goal is profit and power? Your response -> Not really, unless you are interested in debating questions that assume facts, have nothing to do with reality, and whose underpinnings are unsupported assumption, unwarranted conclusion, and the abstract. Not being a trained professional and this being far from the required clinical setting, I not only will not attempt to disabuse you of your deep denial, but will not further discuss your condition. It would be as pointless as discussing the stock market mania with a wild-eyed, newly minted millionaire, four years ago. So instead let's consider your proposition that "hypothetical" moral questions are unworthy of consideration. I'm reminded of an experience I had with an elderly nun some years back. She related how she frequently conducted moral "gedanken" experiments as both a way of "thinking through" moral dilemmas, and preparing herself when confronted with real life problems that required quick responses. Immediately, I thought along two tracks. One was that I had always considered ethics to be the branch of philosophy that could present the most difficult conundrums, and hence any approach that would be of assistance was welcome. The second track was an analogy. Although I have a long record of high speed driving, I've never had any accident. While part of that may just be luck, I've always attributed it, at least in part, to an ability to anticipate problems. As I drive, I'm constantly "playing out" possible disaster scenarios (the worst of which are usually combinations), and trying to devise what I could best do in that circumstance. So, I thanked the nun for her insightful tip. In the spirit of the movie “Pay It Forward”, I pass on the nun’s tip, in the hope that it may be of some assistance. All, JMO lurqer