[ExI] morality

[Brent Allsop]

How does the platinum rule breakdown when anyone is a masochist? Unless you
are pointing out that the pleasure the masochist receives from damage to
their body is incorrectly temptingly wired (damn whatever God wired them
that way;) and not what they truly want?

On Tue, May 16, 2023, 2:51 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> The Wiccan Rede apparently is just a statement of the writings of John
> STuart Mill in 'On Liberty'.
>
> Both the Golden and Platinum Rules break down when the other person is a
> masochist    bill w
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 3:34 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 16/05/2023 20:47, billw wrote:
>>
>> I was thinking of how to build a moral system.  What should be the basic
>> assumptions?  Start with the Bill of Rights?  Certainly a good place.
>>
>>
>> For my money, the Wiccan Rede plus a variation of the 'platinum rule'*
>> works well.
>>
>> Basically, do what you want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else, and
>> treat others as they would want to be treated (as long as you want to).
>>
>> * No, not the golden rule. Popular though it is, that one is
>> fundamentally flawed (https://www.jesusandmo.net/tag/golden-rule/)
>>
>> Ben
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