Situationist Challenge to Cyborg Buddhism?

If there is no such thing as “moral character,” is there any point in trying to make ourselves more ethical by tweaking our personalities?

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Posted by I.A.J Karass 651  on  02/01  at  06:32 PM

Point 1. The arguments regarding cellphone radiation need not be convincing, simply plausible, for any proper thinking individual to take heed. Forewarned is forearmed. The author could have written practically the same text (even his insubstantial personal belief), and substituted cigarettes for cellphones if it was 1950, or even later.

Point 2. The author's "moral conscience" obviously did not extend to the problem of his polluting the atmosphere and dumping chemical toxins on all those below whilst having to endure such a tiresome travelling companion. Nor did it extend to the intolerable conditions forced on many who produce the fuel for his flights.

What gives the author the right to decide that his flying all over the place is of any benefit to starving people, political prisoners, undernourished children or any other underprivileged group? Perspective, my friend is everything, and any characterological approach to to your actions and behaviour in the above "situation" leads me to believe that your interest in the welfare of society at large, has little to do with any restrictions you may have to place on your own activities. Airplane pollution is proven to be exceptionally harmful to many along the chain of its extraction, production and use. Maybe someone as enlightened as yourself could carry out your lectures via video-conferencing or some less environmentally harmful method. Reducing the need for commodity is the first step to equalising people, if that's really what you're suggesting you wish to bring about.

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