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Default vicarious moral responsibility

On Mar 8, 6:59*pm, George Plimpton > wrote:
> On 3/8/2012 9:38 AM, Rupert wrote:
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> > On Mar 8, 5:46 pm, George > *wrote:
> >> On 3/8/2012 8:10 AM, Rupert wrote:

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> >>> On Mar 8, 5:09 pm, George > * *wrote:
> >>>> On 3/8/2012 7:43 AM, Rupert wrote:

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> >>>>> On Mar 8, 4:42 pm, George > * * *wrote:
> >>>>>> On 3/8/2012 12:05 AM, Rupert wrote:

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> >>>>>>> On Mar 7, 9:32 pm, George > * * * *wrote:
> >>>>>>>> "glen" or "mark" or "little cocksucker" - the friend of Lesley Simon,
> >>>>>>>> the Whore of Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon - has it. *He shares
> >>>>>>>> moral responsibility for the animal CDs caused in order to put food on
> >>>>>>>> his plate. *This cannot be rationally disputed.

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> >>>>>>>> His relationship with the hands-on killers of animals has these elements:

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> >>>>>>>> * the relationship is voluntary - no coercion applied to the principal

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> >>>>>>>> * the principal is an active participant, i.e., actively engages in
> >>>>>>>> * * * *the relationship such as, for example, going to the grocery

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> >>>>>>>> * the principal is fully aware of the agent's actions

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> >>>>>>>> * the relationship is not instrumentally necessary for the principal to
> >>>>>>>> * * * *achieve a legitimate goal, e.g. the acquisition of food

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> >>>>>>>> "mark" or "glen" or "little cocksucker" or whatever he is this week
> >>>>>>>> doesn't need to hire an agent at all, and he doesn't need to hire one
> >>>>>>>> who kills animals collaterally. *That he does makes him share moral
> >>>>>>>> responsibility for the deaths of animals. *He cannot claim to be living
> >>>>>>>> a "cruelty free 'lifestyle'", and he sure as hell isn't "minimizing" his
> >>>>>>>> CD footprint because he has never measured.

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> >>>>>>> Your injection of carbon emission's into our planet's atmosphere has
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> >>>>>>> * * *- It is voluntary; no-one is coercing you into doing it.