Saturday, January 27, 2024

The Ethics of the Society of the Snow

In Netflix's Society of the Snow Roberto, one of the survivors of a plane crash in the Andes, says to Numa:
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[Roberto coughs]
‘Cause my faith…
Sorry, Numa.
…isn’t in your God. Because that God tells me what I’m supposed to do at home. But he doesn’t tell me what to do on the mountain.
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Just a few lines of script, perfectly expressing Ayn Rand's revolutionary idea that ethics is not a social arbitrary convention, but an existential human issue. All other systems of morality tell man how to behave towards others or towards god(s). Rand views ethics as a guide to action, objectively needed in all circumstances, regardless of whether they're at their downtown office or alone on a desert island.

9 comments:

  1. God does tell us what to do on the mountain.

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    1. Poți să-mi dai un exemplu de sfat pe care Dumnezeu îl dă relativ la supraviețuire?

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    2. Eu raspundeam la asta: "Because that God tells me what I’m supposed to do at home. But he doesn’t tell me what to do on the mountain."

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    3. In toate situatiile, si la munte si la mare si-n orice imprejurare: "Marcu, capitolul 12: 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] There is no commandment greater than these.”

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    4. In ce priveste supravietuirea: "Ora et labora" adica roaga-te si munceste (la ce e de muncit)

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    5. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

      Exact ce ziceam - iți spune ce sa faci în raport cu zeul și cu vecinii. Nu ce să faci ca să supraviețuiești.

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    6. Vezi deasupra raspunsului tau

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  2. Citeste tot, e foarte interesant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571

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