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 { ucbvax, philabs }!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!ee161ln