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Post by korora on Feb 28, 2009 13:30:41 GMT -5
In the name of fighting overpopulation, compassion and empathy are treated under Ecological Utilitarianism as mental disorders and [/I]agape[/I] and mercy as crimes against the environment (which mean automatic agonizing death). What would be possible clinical terms for the former two and legal terms for the latter two?
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Post by Jeff Gerke on Feb 28, 2009 22:51:59 GMT -5
Korora, I'm afraid I understood only about 6 words in your post.
Um...maybe try asking your question again with words like stuff and thing.
:-)
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Post by torainfor on Mar 1, 2009 1:02:15 GMT -5
I think he wants technical, impressive-yet-ominous-sounding words that make compassion, empathy, agape, and mercy sound bad. Like calling a married couple that are really close and loving "co-dependent."
I can't think of any nouns, but sticking "excessive" or "inappropriate" in front of anything might help.
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Post by mongoose on Mar 1, 2009 1:19:41 GMT -5
Compassion becomes sympathy. The kind that causes the rescuer to throw himself into the ocean with the drowning victim.
Empathy becomes irrational emotionalism or oversensitivity. A lack of self identification. Co-Dependence again
Agape becomes foolishness or idealism
Mercy becomes weakness.
Is that what was being sought by that first post? I didn't understand it either.
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Post by metalikhan on Mar 1, 2009 17:35:49 GMT -5
Emotional fanaticism or zealotry could be other possibilities.
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Post by korora on Mar 3, 2009 12:19:06 GMT -5
Thanks. That's precisely what I was looking for.
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