photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_SxeO6JU-xg/45019836_10156745910012264_3201060089444171776_n_10156745910007264.jpg RECIPROCITY AS THE STRONG VERSION OF THE SILVER RULEDaniel Roland AndersonI love this angle. Kant tried to rationalize the Golden Rule of Christianity with his categorical imperative.
That never quite worked for me, but in undergrad, I wasn’t sure if it was because I was too dense to follow Kant, or whether he’d made a misstep.
Reciprocity just works.
If any decent person stood by and watched a reciprocal exchange, he’d say “yep, that’s how moral people do things.”
Most people may not be able to explain why, but any moral person would know he’d just observed a moral transaction.Oct 31, 2018, 3:15 PMKari Anne DorstadCould you offer me an Example of that. I get it but I still need an example of some kind. Like a picture for instants I need you to paint me a picture of what this is.Oct 31, 2018, 8:38 PMKari Anne DorstadThis thing about reciprocity ?Oct 31, 2018, 8:39 PMCurt DoolittleJohn Mark?Oct 31, 2018, 8:49 PMKari Anne DorstadCurt Doolittle ok so John Mark will be responsible for this question ?Oct 31, 2018, 8:53 PMKari Anne DorstadCurt Doolittle John Mark he got a total New testament Name Awesome!! 👋Oct 31, 2018, 8:54 PMJohn MarkHah I’ll try. Hi Kari. (Curt is super busy and gets like 100 notifications/hr, sees that I’m on FB right now and is delegating to me, so I’ll do my best, and he can add/correct as needed.)Nov 1, 2018, 8:23 AMJohn MarkA picture/example/illustration of reciprocity, the silver rule (or violation of it)…
CEO of a large corporation in America says “I want more profit. One very easy path to that is more warm bodies entering the USA – more people to buy our company’s product/service, and drives down price of labor too! Huge win! (For me and company shareholders.) I care not who they are, just bring in more people!!! If they are more badly behaved/criminal, if they destroy social cohesion, if they drive working class whites out of their neighborhoods, if they demonize white people…I care not. I am insulated from these problems by my wealth (gated community, private jet, homes around the world). So I will donate to politicians (buy them) who will keep the borders open.”
This CEO is doing unto others what he would *not* have done to himself. He is stealing property (Curt’s accurate expanded definition of property, which includes common property, all those things white working/middle class whites value and have invested in for generations in America). He is violating reciprocity, natural law.Nov 1, 2018, 8:36 AMKari Anne DorstadJohn Mark ok thank you !Nov 1, 2018, 8:51 AMJohn MarkReciprocity forces people to “get” by fully-informed trade, providing value *without stealing anything* (no “externalities” aka indirect theft like the CEO described above engaged in.)
Gotta run to work but will revisit this post later if I can help in any way.Nov 1, 2018, 8:51 AMKari Anne DorstadJohn Mark thanks that really helps ! I understand now !Nov 1, 2018, 8:53 AMDaniel Roland AndersonSolid John Mark.Nov 1, 2018, 9:03 AMJennifer DeanExcellent. Thank you. Real world examples help.Nov 1, 2018, 4:23 PMBill JoslinKant’s a dick.Nov 2, 2018, 12:22 AMDaniel Roland AndersonBill Joslin
I tried hard to like him in undergrad.Nov 2, 2018, 12:45 AMRECIPROCITY AS THE STRONG VERSION OF THE SILVER RULE
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