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01 Jun 2011, 11:09 am

rate from 0 to 10 these two statements

1. People are generally good.
2. the ends justify the means

0 meaning never 10 meaning always.

give if you would "good" a banal meaning of moral kindhearted etc.


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01 Jun 2011, 11:10 am

JakobVirgil wrote:
rate from 0 t 10 these two statements

1. People are generally good.
2. the ends justify the means

0 meaning never 10 meaning always.

give if you would "good" a banal meaning of moral kindhearted etc.


5 and 10

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01 Jun 2011, 11:20 am

JakobVirgil wrote:
rate from 0 to 10 these two statements

1. People are generally good.
2. the ends justify the means

0 meaning never 10 meaning always.

give if you would "good" a banal meaning of moral kindhearted etc.


Now THIS I can actually do without going quibbly And uncdertain.

1: [people good] : 5

2. [ends means] 5

No need to explain or qualify. Don't know if this will do what you want, but ity is easy on me.



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01 Jun 2011, 12:45 pm

4,3



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01 Jun 2011, 2:19 pm

4,7


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01 Jun 2011, 2:49 pm

4,6



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01 Jun 2011, 3:01 pm

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01 Jun 2011, 3:07 pm

7,2


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01 Jun 2011, 3:09 pm

Maybe I should qualify thus far:

taking "good" not as GOOD but as = "not malevolent"

taking "justifies" not as "renders just" but as "is worth the cost"



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01 Jun 2011, 3:29 pm

1. People are born with the light of Christ to tell good from bad , yet, people are born with carnal desires...5

2. The ends rarely justify the means, rarely...2



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01 Jun 2011, 3:52 pm

8, 4

On the ends justifying the means thing, I'm pretty apathetic and/or easygoing about most things. When it comes to the few things I do care about I'd feel justified in doing whatever is necessary to protect them.



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01 Jun 2011, 5:42 pm

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01 Jun 2011, 5:55 pm

Vexcalibur wrote:
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I don't think everybody is good in their heart. But I do believe peoples objectives determine their action. So called principle is a post hoc justification of action taken prior.

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01 Jun 2011, 6:20 pm

3 - people are generally good in their intentions, but they don't let that affect their actions
5 - you have to account for side effects as well as ends



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01 Jun 2011, 6:42 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Vexcalibur wrote:
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I don't think everybody is good in their heart. But I do believe peoples objectives determine their action. So called principle is a post hoc justification of action taken prior.

ruveyn
The question asks if people are generally good. Which I don't interpret as all of them are good.


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01 Jun 2011, 11:50 pm

Just for fun, She Who Shall Not Be Named when we discussed opted for 5 for good, 3 for means.