[Coyoteman]

So you say but he syas, balogna, his prime directive is not society or family it is his own survival and self aggrandizement. Now why is it morally wrong for him to rape babies?

Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful - just stupid).

Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1973

[jwalsh07]

Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful - just stupid).

The guy on the mountain doesn't do it "unnecessarily", he does it for a reason, his own perverse pleasure. Heinlein never did get around to answering that little paradox. So, now tell me again, why is it morally wrong for this fellow to fulfill his prime directive?

[The Red Zone]

So is choosing to be stupid a sin? There's no finding an ultimate earthly source of moral approval/opprobrium to duck behind.