A man, alone, on an island, engages in aesthetics, not ethics. Ethics consists in the science of identifying laws of human cooperation.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-13 17:47:54 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/665224582442450944
Category: Natural Law and Reciprocity
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Cooperation and boycott must remain preferable to predation, else one is preyed
Cooperation and boycott must remain preferable to predation, else one is preyed upon implicitly and submits to predation.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-13 17:42:13 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/665223152130215936
Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/665219842367209473
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Unknown author
The first question of ethics is why don’t I kill you and take your land, women, and things – not assuming cooperation as the starting point.
Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/665219842367209473
IN REPLY TO:
@curtdoolittle
The first question of ethics is why don’t I kill you and take your land, women, and things – not assuming cooperation as the starting point.
Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/665219842367209473
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Cooperation consists in choosing: boycott, cooperation, or predation. The value
Cooperation consists in choosing: boycott, cooperation, or predation. The value of predation never ceases. It’s merely unstated. But exists.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-13 17:40:23 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/665222691360776192
Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/665219842367209473
IN REPLY TO:
Unknown author
The first question of ethics is why don’t I kill you and take your land, women, and things – not assuming cooperation as the starting point.
Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/665219842367209473
IN REPLY TO:
@curtdoolittle
The first question of ethics is why don’t I kill you and take your land, women, and things – not assuming cooperation as the starting point.
Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/665219842367209473
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The most common false premise of ethics is to start with the assumption of moral
The most common false premise of ethics is to start with the assumption of moral and ethical preference, rather than of killing and taking.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-13 17:33:19 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/665220911436603392
Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/665219842367209473
IN REPLY TO:
Unknown author
The first question of ethics is why don’t I kill you and take your land, women, and things – not assuming cooperation as the starting point.
Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/665219842367209473
IN REPLY TO:
@curtdoolittle
The first question of ethics is why don’t I kill you and take your land, women, and things – not assuming cooperation as the starting point.
Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/665219842367209473
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The first question of ethics is why don’t I kill you and take your land, women,
The first question of ethics is why don’t I kill you and take your land, women, and things – not assuming cooperation as the starting point.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-13 17:29:04 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/665219842367209473
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The purpose of non-aggression is only to buy an option on future cooperation. If
The purpose of non-aggression is only to buy an option on future cooperation. If it’s not forthcoming then the opportunity was wasted.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-13 13:16:00 UTC
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Aesthetics: for me. Investment: for Kin. Ethics: Cooperation for allies; and non
Aesthetics: for me. Investment: for Kin. Ethics: Cooperation for allies; and nonaggression for potentials, war: conquest for enemies.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-13 12:54:00 UTC
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A man, alone, on an island, engages in aesthetics, not ethics. Ethics consists i
A man, alone, on an island, engages in aesthetics, not ethics. Ethics consists in the science of identifying laws of human cooperation.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-13 12:47:00 UTC
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Cooperation is not a penultimate good. There exist no penultimate goods other th
Cooperation is not a penultimate good. There exist no penultimate goods other than the quality of, and persistence of, self and kin.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-13 12:43:00 UTC
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Cooperation and boycott must remain preferable to predation, else one is preyed
Cooperation and boycott must remain preferable to predation, else one is preyed upon implicitly and submits to predation.
Source date (UTC): 2015-11-13 12:42:00 UTC