fagin@ucbvax.ARPA (Barry Steven Fagin) (06/06/85)
>If somebody is lying wounded on the sidewalk are you obligated to help? No (but I would anyway). >If an orphan is running around naked with a belly bloated from hunger >are you obligated to help? No (but I do anyway, because CARE does good work). >If you bring a helpless infant into this world are you obligated to >feed and care for it? Yes. >Helping each other is quintessentially human. > tim sevener whuxl!orb Ahh, but coercing fellow members of your species who fail to perform altruistic acts is quintessentially bestial. -- Barry Fagin @ University of California, Berkeley