[ExI] Regarding Wickedness

[Lee Corbin]

David wrote


> If I saw someone being murdered, I would not say, "That's a private 
> matter between them."

I would hope that you would hate such a murderer as much as
he hates you.  You'll certainly get moral support from me, and
for what you have said here.

As to when we should mind our own business and when we
must act on the behalf of others, I submit that there aren't very
many useful principles, unfortunately. The line between harmful
meddling and failure to act against malevolence is not finitely
characterizable.

> I can certainly stop Samantha from bludgeoning Spike.

But what about the rest of us?  We actually need it a lot more
than he does, given what some of us are prone to say.

> The challenge for extropians is to think of clever ways to free the 
> world (and to end the enslavement or subjugation of women, which is a 
> good metric for freedom) that are cheap (in dollars and lives), 
> non-governmental, and/or non-violent.

Yes, there does seem to be some usefulness in the concept of
tribal boundaries, e.g. national ones. And I would hope that you
would not limit yourself to being cheap and non-violent in the
suppression of domestic evil, where such wrongdoing is in
violation of the law, which is an important part of our civilization.

Lee