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It seems as if the old ethics could be good enough for any peaceful global future. But only com grano salis. | It seems as if the old ethics could be good enough for any peaceful global future. But only com grano salis. | ||
The Fifth Commandment | The Fifth Commandment vs. the torah's Sixth Commandment: thou shalt not kill vs. thou shalt not murder (parochial intragroup ethics vs. universalism; specieism/especismo vs. holiness of life). 2 Moises/Deuteronomio ch. 20, v 13: ratsah - to murder; harag - to kill. | ||
Christianity never took "ne occides" (Vulgata; Deuteronominon; Jerome = Hieronymus= Geronimo) seriously. The Bible itself is full of legitimised homicides and genocides. Whereas "thou shalt not kill" (St. James Bible) is a general commandment, it has never been thought | Christianity (mis-) translated "murder" into "killing": but it never took "ne occides" (Vulgata; Deuteronominon; Jerome = Hieronymus= Geronimo) seriously. The Bible itself is full of legitimised homicides and genocides. Whereas "thou shalt not kill" (St. James Bible) is a general commandment, it has never been thought of as referring also to the killing of animals or plants. | ||
Other ethics are more radical in this respect: Jain. [[Ahimsa]]. Albert Schweitzer (Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben); David Pearce (2009): Transhumanism (H+). | |||
Other ethics are more radical in this respect | |||
Jain. Ahimsa. Albert Schweitzer (Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben) | |||
David Pearce (2009): Transhumanism | |||
== Divergent Futures - Double Standards == | == Divergent Futures - Double Standards == |