ummthatguy@lemmy.world to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days ago"Your Honour, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well, there it sits. Waiting." - Picardlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"Your Honour, Starfleet was founded to seek out new life. Well, there it sits. Waiting." - Picardlemmy.worldummthatguy@lemmy.world to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 days agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoIdk, kind of a trash philosophy when applied. I’m sure all the world’s greatest dictators thought themselves the best of men.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoBeing a good person is a trash philosophy?
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoRight, now go read the second of two sentences in my comment.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoSo… don’t be a good person because you could actually be one of the world’s greatest dictators. Yeah, that makes sense.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoGood being purely subjective and constantly misappropriated by evil makes it a pretty shit philosophy, yes. Being “good” without democratically and meritocratially defining an objective good is a shit philosophy.
minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoThe assumption being that no outside influence or previous experience be considered is a bit short sided. Of course, so is the originating quotation. We try to hope for the best and work with what we’ve got.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoBut we should always strive to learn more rational, logical, infallible truths than we currently know.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoHe’s not wrong, dammit. He’s just an asshole.
Idk, kind of a trash philosophy when applied.
I’m sure all the world’s greatest dictators thought themselves the best of men.
Being a good person is a trash philosophy?
Right, now go read the second of two sentences in my comment.
So… don’t be a good person because you could actually be one of the world’s greatest dictators. Yeah, that makes sense.
Good being purely subjective and constantly misappropriated by evil makes it a pretty shit philosophy, yes.
Being “good” without democratically and meritocratially defining an objective good is a shit philosophy.
The assumption being that no outside influence or previous experience be considered is a bit short sided. Of course, so is the originating quotation. We try to hope for the best and work with what we’ve got.
But we should always strive to learn more rational, logical, infallible truths than we currently know.
He’s not wrong, dammit. He’s just an asshole.