In a value system that holds that it is good for civilization to progress, any act that hinders civilizationā€™s progress is a sin.

relevance

  • Crimes Against Humanity
    • This idea implicitly assumes that humans are more precious than other
    • It is not obvious that if some people commit acts that undermine civilization, we should respect them or not.
    • For example, ā€œkilling an ideaā€ is more casually and frequently done today than ā€œkilling a human being.ā€
      • Of course, people today recognize that ā€œkilling humansā€ is a bad idea.
      • When people were being casually killed, they didnā€™t think killing humans was as bad as it is now.
      • What we are casually doing now to ā€œkill an ideaā€ may be an act of barbarism that is out of the ordinary in the eyes of future generations.
      • It is not self-evident whether the act of an idea being killed by ā€œethicsā€, which is only a value at the present time, is different from the act of a human being being killed by the idea that a certain race is superior at a certain point in time.

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