It seems to fit morally -- presumably people who think apostasy should be punishable by death, don't want people from some other religion to come along and say "our religion says we should kill you for some reason that only makes sense to our religion", and should treat apostates accordingly, if they agree with the golden rule?
And it seems to fit practically -- whether you think it's moral or not, you should avoid killing people because they may try to kill you back.
My post could be something like, if they DON'T accept the golden rule, because they claim that killing apostates is more important than that, then you have to prevent it, coercively if necessary.
evil isn't irrational.
I think both -- I think there are sorts of evil that come from laziness and short-sightedness, and sorts of evil that are pefectly rational but come from selfishness and not choosing to value other people at all...
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Date: 2015-12-04 04:09 pm (UTC)It seems to fit morally -- presumably people who think apostasy should be punishable by death, don't want people from some other religion to come along and say "our religion says we should kill you for some reason that only makes sense to our religion", and should treat apostates accordingly, if they agree with the golden rule?
And it seems to fit practically -- whether you think it's moral or not, you should avoid killing people because they may try to kill you back.
My post could be something like, if they DON'T accept the golden rule, because they claim that killing apostates is more important than that, then you have to prevent it, coercively if necessary.
evil isn't irrational.
I think both -- I think there are sorts of evil that come from laziness and short-sightedness, and sorts of evil that are pefectly rational but come from selfishness and not choosing to value other people at all...