ext_36227 ([identity profile] steer.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] philmophlegm 2012-08-01 04:42 pm (UTC)

I know this can seem reasonable but on closer inspection I find your moral philosophy extremely strange here.

Essentially, you don't seem to have objections to wishing ill on someone who is healthy and young. However, if that person becomes old and/or frail it is no longer acceptable. I'm afraid I find that really morally suspect. Why do we (or should we) stop hating someone because they happen to have become old or ill. Should we stop hating someone who is dead because they would now be old or ill had they lived. It makes no sense.

While I can see you can make an appealing case with sentiment like "World has enough hate in it without hating on sad sick old ladies." I don't think there's any actual consistency to this claim.

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