Putting aside the discussion about bodies and objects, the primary concern is consent - which also applies to objects anyway. Would you steal a dead person’s wallet “because they don’t need it anymore”?
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minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoBecause rape is something that happens to a person, not an object.
BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Can you rape a wallet?
BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Sagan_Wept@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Hey, what kinda person are you?
minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
A rational one.
BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
So, the closest thing I’ve had to a childhood hero is Spock from the 60s Star Trek show. As I’ve grown older and more aware of of the world around me, I’ve realized elevating rationality to a virtue by itself isn’t enough to form a coherent ethos. In fact, I think individuals are actually very bad at rationality. Everyone who puts rationality on a pedestal, from Zizians to SBF to Reddit atheists to Elon Musk to Randian libertarians, is really just forgetting how subjective rationality can be.
I firmly believe that compassion is just as important as rationality when it comes to building strong, honest societies. You need both, at least. We want ethics that are internally consistent, sure, rationality and internal consistency don’t themselves give ethics purpose.
minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Compassion isn’t irrational and rationality doesn’t require its exclusion.