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  1. Channelknight Fadran
    "Well there you go." Fadran patted her on the head. "You're still just a kid. As you get older, things start feeling better. Stuff like good soup and warm fires might not seem so great now, but just wait until your back starts hurting in the morning and your muscles ache for no reason. The little pleasures are what make life worth living."
  2. Channelknight Fadran
    Sure that's cool and all but have you ever deliberately gone for Vah Naboris first?
  3. Channelknight Fadran
    "I see." Fadran tapped the table. "Well, have you at all enjoyed staying alive?"
  4. Channelknight Fadran
    "What's holding you to it? If you died it's not like he can do anything to you."
  5. Channelknight Fadran
    Fadran leaned forwards. "For any particular reason?"
  6. Channelknight Fadran
    "What promise is that?"
  7. Channelknight Fadran
    "Ah. Damn."
  8. Channelknight Fadran
    "I mean, it's what you're doing."
  9. Channelknight Fadran
    "'Cause what's the point of just waiting around to die?"
  10. Channelknight Fadran

    You all know Asimov's Laws of Robotics:

    1.  A robot shall not harm a human, or by inaction allow a human to come to harm
    2. A robot shall obey any instruction given to it by a human
    3. A robot shall avoid actions or situations that could cause it to come to harm itself

    I was thinking to myself hte other day and wondered if we could construct a similar set of laws to define human morality, then might've accidentally soft-launched it in FotT

    Here they are:

    1. A person must protect their own and others' existence and well-being.
    2. A person must not harm another person, unless they must do so in order to defend themself or other people.
    3. A person must respect other peoples' beliefs and worldview, unless those beliefs should harm other people or prevent the safety of others.

    It should be noted that this also somewhat loosely matches the first few of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (Physical, Safety, Belonging), but how it reflects on the higher Needs I have yet to discern.

    It should also be noted that we as people tend to be really bad at following these rules. This is where, I imagine, we draw the line between morality and immorality. We believe in peaceful protest and expression of ideas, but immediately shoot down people who advocate for groups like the neo-nazis or white supremacists, even if they haven't caused any physical harm to other people. This, I think, is because these groups break the third law by disrespecting and belittling other people.

    Similarly, radicalism seems to come from a breaking of these rules as well. Protests often call out certain groups or individuals as immoral, but can be historically quite effective in creating a greater good. Is this the First Law superceding the Third? Or is pushing outside the constraints of morality simply a requirement at times?

    I'm open to discussion.

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    2. Channelknight Fadran

      Channelknight Fadran

      Definitely a moral question. I'm not saying these laws are supposed to regulate how people act on a legal level at all - sorry if it was misconstrued that way.

    3. Frustration

      Frustration

      Oh, okay, got it.

       

      Um, overall thoughts, I don't know that there is any moral basis to self preservation, though I recognize that that's probably an unpopular view.

    4. Channelknight Fadran

      Channelknight Fadran

      I'm looking at humans philosphically, kinda. Not really trying to find an equation for total morality or anything.

      And the way I see it, denying yourself of preservation belittles yourself as a person. There's no point in trying to understand and respect other people if you don't respect yourself.

  11. Channelknight Fadran
    "Oh, wonderful. Now we have a second thing to introduce you to."
  12. Channelknight Fadran
    The problem, Mat, is that you're always a good target.
  13. Channelknight Fadran
    She twisted to the side, spinning away from the attacks and slashing out at both her assailants. As they followed through with their attacks, she darted forwards to make a second strike at the captain's face.
  14. Channelknight Fadran
    So start with my boy Matrim? Sorry mate, but it must be done to stop Kasamir from inciting civil war, thus completing the necessary blood seal to finish the nationwide transmutation circle in order to create the world's largest philosopher's stone and attain God.
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    hello
  16. Channelknight Fadran
    You did not just put an "and" in set notation
  17. Channelknight Fadran
    Out of all these imma say Mat and... maybe Shining?
  18. Channelknight Fadran
    Welp... you've been trolled. We'll see what happens.
  19. Channelknight Fadran
    I actually checked the role again. I wouldn't be informed if I was trolled - you would be.
  20. Channelknight Fadran
    Welp... you commissioned me, so I shall deliver. Consider yourself Trolled.
  21. Channelknight Fadran
    (vb-b)v
  22. Channelknight Fadran
    "I heard from those veteran guys that we can go pretty much anywhere in the whole Collective. Lots of magical portals and things that are usually closed to the public are open to Reapers. Forbidden libraries and closed-off ruins and things too."
  23. Channelknight Fadran
    (>0-0)>
  24. Channelknight Fadran
    We've been talking about them for four cycles
  25. Channelknight Fadran
    I was under the impression that there were neutrals???
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