What, exactly, has the Virian system of ethics accomplished?
> If truth is the goal, rationality is the way.
What, exactly, is truth?
What, exactly, is rationality?
> A good Virion will endeavor to hold a consistent set of beliefs
> and act in accordance with those beliefs.
What, exactly, is a good Virion?
Consistent with regards to what, exactly?
> Think critically, act rationally.
Does this hold in all situations?
> There can be no logical argument against apathy.
If logic is powerless against apathy, is apathy
more powerful than logic?
> If you don't care about anything then that is
> pretty much the end of the story.
Are there any advantages to leading a passive life?
> If you don't care about leading a meaningless life,
> then surely apathy is the key.
What, exactly, is meaningless?
-- David Leeper dleeper@gte.net Homo Deus http://home1.gte.net/dleeper/index.htm 1 + 1 != 2 http://home1.gte.net/dleeper/CMath.html