If an organism fails to sustain....

[Anonymous]

If an organism fails to sustain either through will or misfortune, should others be enslaved to sustain it?

[1715180191]

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[1715180191]

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[bitcredit]

Of course not! When you fail to defend yourself from the government agents coming after you for tax evasion, despite the wealth you were born with, your gold, bitcoins, and collection of guns, I'm certainly not coming to help you. No one will be coming to help you.

[smellyBobby]

That is a great question and imho is what fundamentally distinguishes one ideology from another.

[smellyBobby]

The old adage goes treat others how you would like to be treated, which is usually soon forgotten and of-course things are never so simple. Based on that, then in some circumstances yes and others no.

But what distinguishes misfortune from individual will? Is the danger of an activity based upon some arbitrary Prob(BeingHurt), therefore if someone is harmed from an activity deemed dangerous based upon Prob(BeingHurt) they will not receive support from the community?

Should the community accept the future costs for interfering with natural selection? Is that in the community's best interest?

As a human what is my biggest threat? Up until recently the biggest threats were non-human, but in recent times a human's biggest threat is another human, the failure to understand other humans.

Ok now that is established, how should the human threat be mitigated? Maybe the answer is simple, understand other humans. Build an ideology/ society based upon this principle. Not an ideology that seeks to use implicit or explicit boundaries to isolate human behavior and interaction.

The obvious question is should I be forced to understand other people? Should I be forced to let the community understand me? IMO that depends on if you think that human threat is caused by the lack of understanding between humans.

[Jaime Frontero]

If an organism fails to sustain either through will or misfortune, should others be enslaved to sustain it?

it depends.  how valuable is that organism... to you?

is the organism your mother?

would you beat a man into submission to bring her water if she were thirsty?

is the organism your brother?

a cousin that you don't particularly care for?

a soldier of your country during war-time?

a fellow citizen during war-time?

either... during peace-time?

some human from anywhere who has sustained or defended you?

do you posit a relationship between debt and altruism?  is there one?

are we moochers in need, but bankrupt in debt?

i dunno.  do you?

[FreeMoney]

If an organism fails to sustain either through will or misfortune, should others be enslaved to sustain it?

it depends.  how valuable is that organism... to you?

is the organism your mother?

would you beat a man into submission to bring her water if she were thirsty?

is the organism your brother?

a cousin that you don't particularly care for?

a soldier of your country during war-time?

a fellow citizen during war-time?

either... during peace-time?

some human from anywhere who has sustained or defended you?

do you posit a relationship between debt and altruism?  is there one?

are we moochers in need, but bankrupt in debt?

i dunno.  do you?

If it is valuable to you why would you need to be enslaved to help it?!

He didn't ask if you would or should, just if enslavement is appropriate.

Anyone who doesn't answer no needs to be at my slave camp at 5am tomorrow.

[Sjalq]

Of course not! When you fail to defend yourself from the government agents coming after you for tax evasion, despite the wealth you were born with, your gold, bitcoins, and collection of guns, I'm certainly not coming to help you. No one will be coming to help you.

Well you are choosing not to go help him and being derogatory to him in the process.

I might not be able to help you when the government comes for you Atlas, either due to lack of courage or resources, but in my heart I will want to see you win. If it is due to lack of courage my inaction will haunt me the rest of my days.

We cannot enslave each other to force help for the down trodden but lack of enslavement will not improve the situation or remove kindness and charity from people.

Regarding your Waco picture, Waco was one of the reasons Timothy McVeigh listed for blowing up the FBI building. The more the government "comes for us" the more people will lose it.

[kylesaisgone]

If you're questioning whether mentally handicapped humans should be kept alive, I'd say yes. I agree with what another post said earlier; we should treat other as we would want to be treated. I think this principle is really the basis for human social interaction. I don't have a fully developed view on Rights yet, but I do regard human rights above animal rights, etc., and I think human life can and should be preserved, even if it's the life of someone who isn't even aware of his own consciousness.

I think the problem here, is that people develop this sort of conception of social darwinism that big and smart = good, and anything else = bad. When in reality, Darwin himself explicitly said that being intelligent or strong is not what provides for natural selection, it's the individual animals who adapt the best that actually survive.

In cases of non-human interaction, I think the laws of nature should apply, but when it comes to humans, we have the power and intelligence to bend those laws.

[Anonymous]

If you're questioning whether mentally handicapped humans should be kept alive, I'd say yes. I agree with what another post said earlier; we should treat other as we would want to be treated. I think this principle is really the basis for human social interaction. I don't have a fully developed view on Rights yet, but I do regard human rights above animal rights, etc., and I think human life can and should be preserved, even if it's the life of someone who isn't even aware of his own consciousness.

I think the problem here, is that people develop this sort of conception of social darwinism that big and smart = good, and anything else = bad. When in reality, Darwin himself explicitly said that being intelligent or strong is not what provides for natural selection, it's the individual animals who adapt the best that actually survive.

In cases of non-human interaction, I think the laws of nature should apply, but when it comes to humans, we have the power and intelligence to bend those laws.

You avoided the question completely.

[kylesaisgone]

I didn't. I don't think taxes should go towards keeping those who can't care for themselves alive, but I don't think we should let them die, either. Your question is loaded, and is a false dichotomy. Just because taxes currently go towards keeping mentally handicapped alive, doesn't mean that we should just let them wither away. They should be kept alive through voluntary efforts, the same way all charity and welfare should be provided.

[Anonymous]

I didn't. I don't think taxes should go towards keeping those who can't care for themselves alive, but I don't think we should let them die, either. Your question is loaded, and is a false dichotomy. Just because taxes currently go towards keeping mentally handicapped alive, doesn't mean that we should just let them wither away. They should be kept alive through voluntary efforts, the same way all charity and welfare should be provided.

Well, I have never implied they wouldn't be cared for without slavery. I was just asking if slavery was justified if people had to be cared for, period.

[kylesaisgone]

In that case, no.

[IVNAY ALBIN FAHAD 150]

If the organism is unable to adapt to its environment, it will not be able to survive in the changing environment. Life is a process of self-sustaining and self-generated action. If an organism fails in that action, it dies. So all we can say that it is important to sustain a live, cause without organism all of that a life can not survive.

[Sidiq SP]

human beings have equal rights, also have the same duty in the eyes of the government, if there are a handful of people or organizations enslaving others to fulfill their own desires and needs, I think it is very contrary to humanity and human rights, so I personally oppose hard with this