GRGR(3) talking dog 44.20
Paul Mackin
pmackin at clark.net
Thu Jun 3 11:46:19 CDT 1999
> calbert at pop.tiac.net wrote:
> I wonder whether "a"moral is the appropriate term here.
I would have though amorality to be the NATURAL state and morality the
thing conditioned. Katje could never allow herself to be so conditioned.
It would be an insurmountable disqualifying factor in her ability to
carry out the assignment. There is something exceedingly glamorous in
the completely amoral person. I got to thinking of this the other
evening while watching "The Passion of Ayn Rand." The victims in the
piece (the respective spouses and/or lovers) were constantly being
scolded for not being able to put their own interests above those of
others. They would try mightily to change but to no avail. Apparently
once you pick up (though conditioning) some sense of the existence of
others it's too late. O the lucky two heroes without this encumbrance.
P.
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