From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!hou5f!ariel!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!ee161ln
Newsgroups: net.social
Title: Re: Harassment? - (nf)
Article-I.D.: sdccsu3.277
Posted: Sat Feb  5 14:42:44 1983
Received: Fri Feb 11 00:36:40 1983
References: tekid.811

  Harresmest?
    I define harresment as doing something to someone which you
  KNOW they would not like.  If I open a door for someone, knowing
  that they would not like this, then I am guilty of harresment!
  If I open a door for someone, not knowing that they would not
  like this, then I am NOT guilty of harresment.
    Last year(I think) Analog had an article in the Alternate View-
  point section on ethics and morals.  It had a discussion on what
  changes in our moral system are needed to enable us to coexist
  peacefully with non-human intelligent species.  One of the results
  was a modification of the 'golden rule':
     
     Do unto others as they would have you do unto them.

    In general this seems to be a much better version then what we
  currently use. Advantage: I don't like people trying to save my
  soul, under the old rule a person who would want someone to save
  him/her if he was unsaved would have to attempt to save me, under
  the new rule he/she would leave me be. Disadvantage: consider a
  person who wished to commit suicied, under the old rule we could
  stop them, under the new rule he would have to help them.( is this
  truly a disadvantage!)

	Ponderingly yours
			Don Coleman
			UC @ San Diego
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