I suspect, from my talks with them, that cops are in it for the thrill of the chase. I wished the cops at the coffeeshop happy hunting as they left to set up a DWI checkpoint Saturday and they seemed to think that was appropriate.
And I have no problem with that. Some people need to be hunted. Drunk drivers for instance may be nice people when sober but we've had a couple horrific incidents here recently involving blotto drivers going the wrong way on the interstates. One of them had had four DUIs in Colorado, and should not even have had a license here. He killed an entire family who were inoffensively driving home a sports event where one of the kids was playing. I tend to the utilitarian position -- people do good because they are rewarded for it, if only by their own good feelings. Dana On 11/28/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > Mostly they do a pretty nice job at a difficult job and I have known a few. > > I agree, but I'm going to submit something controversial: there is no > altruism. > > While it's true that, for example, Mother Theresa got her reward by > helping others - which is much better than by hurting others obviously > - it's still a reward. That is, it could be argued that somebody's > actions are simply a question of where they get their reward. > > So the REAL moral high ground question is what determines where an > individual receives their rewards from? Nature, nurture, or both? > > That is, should, say, police be rewarded for their selflessness or is > it just that they're no different than anyone else: chasing their own > personal reward? > > Just a thought ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221378 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
