Call me cynical but does it seem that any particular system when taken to it's full literal extreme is never a good thing. I said in class that Kantinism taken too literally seems scary because one could sacrifice good for morality and Utilitarianism taken too literally would allow terrible things to happen because it causes a "greater" good. The answer to this problem seems the find a happy medium between the two of them, but if balance is taken too literally can it become a scary thing too?
posted by Reacher Eriee at 11:36 AM
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The real trick is not to look for some happy middle position between the two extremes to sit stagnantly at. That is just as bad as being one extreme or the other for to long. The point is to take the position that provides the solution to whatever dilemma is being faced. Sometimes it is appropriate to be extreme; other times it is best to be in the center. An analogy can be made the child’s toy that has differently shaped pegs to fit in differently shaped holes. The peg has to fit into a certain hole.
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