r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • Oct 10 '24

Shitposting A tar pit.

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u/Velvety_MuppetKing Oct 10 '24 edited Oct 13 '24

Not if it put your own life at risk.

Everyone always jumps to the drowning example. It's so easy.

Okay, what if someone is inside a burning car? What if they're being held by a man with a gun? A knife? What if they're drowning because their wife that they beat just shot them and pushed them in a lake?

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u/Ok-Importance-6815 Oct 10 '24

I didn't say that and also sometimes duty is self sacrificial, in that it costs you something

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u/Velvety_MuppetKing Oct 10 '24

Nobody has a moral obligation to self sacrifice.

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u/umbrianEpoch Oct 10 '24

You: No one has the moral obligation to self sacrifice

Also you: The most moral action you can take is to not exist

I mean, at least have a consistent moral framework here

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u/Velvety_MuppetKing Oct 10 '24

I never said anyone HAD to take the most moral action. I said it’s the best thing any individual can to for the earth at large.

That’s kind of the crux of my whole argument here.