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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Something is wrong when it hurts other people unnecessarily. This, I think, is as close as you come to a universal ethic. And even then, you have varying definitions of "hurt" and "unnecessarily" and in some cases "other people." For instance: Surgery hurts. But it can be necessary to prevent death (Christian Scientist claptrap notwithstanding). Therefore it is not wrong. Punishment and discipline can hurt, but it is also necessary, in moderation. Therefore it is not wrong. This differs from beating, which is abusive overkill, and thusly wrong. Smoking or consuming other hazardous materials alone, under controlled conditions, is harmful to the user, but not to anyone else. Therefore it is not wrong, simply stupid. However, exposing other people to the potential of harm, say, by creating gouts of secondhand smoke, or driving while intoxicated, IS wrong. Under most circumstances, harming killing another human being is wrong. This wrong is balanced, or negated, when the human being in question is seeking to harm or kill other human beings. (Logic surrounding such things as abortion is fuzzy here, and depends upon finding a working definition for 'human being.' I haven't done this yet.) By the above logic, voluntary euthanasia is not wrong, as it is essentially self-harm intended to prevent a greater suffering. Nonconsensual euthanasia, however, would be wrong (unless previously specified as the desire of the individual in question.) Okay, that's how I see it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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