10-09-2018, 02:11 PM
(10-09-2018, 02:01 PM)bfine32 Wrote: You do realize the example you used trying to dispute the notion had both people committing an action, don't you? So I think yousupported the notion while failing at disrupting it.
No, I did not support the notion. Your argument is that one's deeds make one a bad person. My argument was that two people could act similarly, but with different thoughts, and that can make the difference. It shows that good or bad is not rooted in action alone.
(10-09-2018, 02:01 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Let's try this:
If person A shoots a stray dog for walking onto his lawn because it is lost and person B merely thinks about it. Which one does society deem to be worse?
Most people in society would deem person A to be worse.
Question as a follow-up: if person B's thoughts were known to society, would society consider them a bad person for thinking in that way?
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
