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[systemize]

[The comm tag reads Stormer and is untraceable.]

Someone asked me recently how I'd define moral and immoral, but I think my perspective's a little skewed. How do you define it?


> private to Magicman
I need to ask you for a favor. Do they have you listed as an adult here? I wasn't sure what your official age would be.

> private to Isaac
I think I have your software finished. I can send you the file to download and you can check if it needs troubleshooting.

Comments

[justimom]

There are ways to ensure that we can make our own interpretations of some things.

[systemize]

You seem like you're not completely satisfied with it.

[justimom]

It can be very difficult. For the most part it means that we cannot ask details.

[systemize]

But isn't that an important part of determining the case?

[The police ask him ten thousand questions about the details. Multiple times.]

[justimom]

If someone has committed a murder, my code would have me kill him. In that case I would not wish to know if he was a good father attempting to support his family by himself.

[systemize]

[On his side of the computer, Cadel winces. That's exactly the issue he has with it. He can't stop himself from wondering those things-- and with his hacking abilities, he can look them up. It's a dangerous mental circuit.]

I get it. But I feel like I should know. When we choose an action, we choose the consequences of that action. It's too easy to gloss over that.

[justimom]

I do not gloss over the action. I accept it fully and I understand that many would not agree with it.

[systemize]

Right, sorry. I know about unintended consequences, that's all.

I know how hard it can be to do what you do. My dad's a police detective. He takes it very seriously.

[justimom]

There is no need to apologize. I understand unintended how it could seem to others.

I have a great respect for those on the police force. They are very dedicated to their own line of work.

[systemize]

If it were easier to predict consequences I wouldn't have so many moral dilemmas.

Yeah, I guess so. I never thought about it before Saul adopted me, but it gave me some respect for laws.

[Some respect, anyway. Because he'd seen that laws could be people and those people used the law to enforce what was right, without selfishness. Cadel had never seen that before.]

[justimom]

I imagine there are very few people that would not agree with that sentiment. Unfortunately it is often impossible to predict anything.

It can be amazing what a new perspective can do for how you view situations.

[systemize]

It might be common knowledge but it took me ages to figure it out. I thought you could predict everything, or at least calculate the likelihood of certainty for each outcome. Make informed choices. But I don't really think you can.

[justimom]

At least you figured it out eventually. There is quite a lot to be said about.