Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tove.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!tove!israel From: israel@tove.UUCP (Bruce Israel) Newsgroups: net.social Subject: Re: what is an adult? Message-ID: <307@tove.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 19:48:37 EDT Article-I.D.: tove.307 Posted: Tue Aug 6 19:48:37 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Aug-85 01:22:33 EDT References: <767@lll-crg.ARPA> Reply-To: israel@tove.UUCP (Bruce israel) Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 18 In article <767@lll-crg.ARPA> bandy@lll-crg.ARPA (Andrew Scott Beals) writes: >What is an adult? Hmmm, interesting question. I guess that my definition of adulthood is when you primarily act with maturity. Now what is maturity? I think that it's when you avoid doing something that you want to do, because you don't like the consequences of the action. For example, if you're best friend's SO propositions you, turning down the sex because of what it would do to your friend, and also your relationship with your friend, is an act of maturity. I think that this definition should probably be restricted to refer to consequences in terms of other people, i.e. "... because you don't like the consequences of the action as it affects others"; I'm not sure that not robbing a bank because you are afraid of going to jail is maturity or just common sense. -- Bruce Israel seismo!umcp-cs!israel (Usenet) israel@Maryland (Arpanet)