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On the other hand there are some societies that accept that if you don't exercise care you aren't responsible for the outcomes, and raise their children all at hazard. Or which have social circumstances that don't allow anyone much control over the influences on their kids. Quote:
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Imperials are inhuman in some sort of fuzzy-wuzzy sense. The entire society is incorruptible at all levels, for example. One incorruptible human is a hero, a society of incorruptible humans is alien. (There are variant human species in FB, but the Mink aren't one.) |
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Sure, Imperials can be born to two non-Imperial parents and certainly they can interbreed with colonials. But they lack many of the things that distinguish the human race from a philosophical standpoint. They are not selfish, not greedy and they are capable of wielding power without being corrupted by it.
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With a smiley to show that it was not a serious proposition.
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08-17-2009, 02:01 PM | #17 |
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Your previous post argued for philosophical vs. literal, not silly vs. serious.
Silliness I accept, although providing a straight response to a silly post is a internet tradition. Now I am neither on topic or amusing. Um... I wonder if there is any impulse amongst the Imperials to genetically engineer their progeny to be even better optimized for ruthless philanthropy? Surely the baseline human chassis is not the best possible one for said purpose - genetics should influence (note I did not say control) both ruthlessness and empathy. |
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There exists, in principle, a possibility that I might have read The Republic.
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