tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844297533620110684.post6499700784780018690..comments2023-04-12T11:48:27.153-04:00Comments on Authentic Bioethics: Atheism and Morality/EthicsAuthentic Bioethicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15192253252072145833noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844297533620110684.post-34480112763554517782012-06-20T11:52:44.421-04:002012-06-20T11:52:44.421-04:00I'll email you, and sure, you can post the con...I'll email you, and sure, you can post the conversation. So long as I can post comments, context, and so forth as a comment or something. :)Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844297533620110684.post-77760360400331186702012-06-20T10:14:06.031-04:002012-06-20T10:14:06.031-04:00Perhaps it would be better to converse in email: a...Perhaps it would be better to converse in email: authenticbioethics@gmail.com. I would like to be able to post the conversation, however, and expect that you would want to help ensure accuracy and professionalism, etc.Authentic Bioethicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192253252072145833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844297533620110684.post-74676713014916473362012-06-20T08:07:41.657-04:002012-06-20T08:07:41.657-04:00Do you want to continue this here or at the previo...Do you want to continue this here or at the previous thread?Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844297533620110684.post-5360781748155968592012-06-19T21:35:39.390-04:002012-06-19T21:35:39.390-04:00It sounds like a good way to lose to me.
But stra...It sounds like a good way to lose to me.<br /><br />But strategy and ethics are not the same. "Bad" strategy does not mean morally evil or unethical strategy, but rather one ill suited to the goal.<br /><br />Given that a particular goal is deemed worthy to attain, strategy pertains to the means to attain the goal. The goal in question may or may not be ethical (in which case strategy is irrelevant to the morality of the action). A good strategy, one well suited to attain a good goal, may or may not be ethical. A good goal and good strategy may still result in an unethical action, depending on circumstances, which again are not dependent on the strategy.<br /><br />Playing chess and wanting to win at it are not moral choices in themselves.<br /><br />In moral choices, whether or not there is a God will affect whether or not a given strategy makes sense or not. Taking a bullet for a stranger is a horrible strategy if all there is is material, earthly life because there is no God. Even if some atheists would sacrifice themselves, it doesn't mean that letting someone else die so that you can live is unethical. Indeed, any criticism of the act (dishonorable, cowardly, etc) is simply opinion.<br /><br />So, if you want to win at chess, but losing would somehow save someone's life (or something), then losing your queen early sounds like a plan.Authentic Bioethicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192253252072145833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844297533620110684.post-79276538357817363672012-06-19T15:38:27.442-04:002012-06-19T15:38:27.442-04:00Well, let's come at it from a different direct...Well, let's come at it from a different direction. <i>If</i> you want to win at chess, and <i>given</i> the basic rules if chess, is it an objective fact that sacrificing your queen for a pawn early in the game is a bad strategy?<br /><br />That seems a pretty straightforward yes-or-no question. (I'd also accept answers in the form of "Yes, but..." or "No, but...". :) )Ray Ingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290483120987779339noreply@blogger.com