Tony considers this answer carefully before replying. He sounded very sure of himself, this other person. Typical of most people on this subject- everyone wanted to believe their opinion was the one that was right so as to avoid having to think about the possibility of the world being indifferent to their existence.
"So then what is the point of being good if there is no benefit to the individual?"
"So you think that the good feeling that humans get from doing good encourages them to do more good? Interesting. So then the people who are able to do wrong were do not have this trait? Do you think that the trait of doing good is something we are born with?"
This was interesting- very interesting. Tony got the feeling with how the other man was talking about humans he did not consider himself human. However, Tony had often wondered if he himself were human in the true sense of the word. He was, as he put it, passing for human.
-Because good people aren't suspicious enough to duck,- comes a quick mental reply from... somewhere. The owner's currently stuffed in a trash container, exploring.
Rustling sounds come from the trash container as Aidla works herself around to right side up, and then a stalk eye appears over the top edge. -It holds a lot of truth. I've seen it.-
"Because life sucks and isn't fair." Have an Ed. While he is wearing his jacket, he isn't trying to hide his automail and therefore isn't wearing his gloves.
Tony eyes the youth. He can clearly see that one of the boy's hands is not natural- he was using some sort of prosthesis. Interesting. Was that why he was so cynical?
"Do you think you should be rewarded for being a good person then?"
Oh, Ed's perfectly well aware that he can be a brat sometimes and should be smacked for it.
He shrugs. "While something besides the 'feel good' vibes would be nice sometimes, it isn't required. And I was actually thinking of people who aren't me for the 'good person' thing.
"To begin with, I'd say because life isn't a meritocracy," Hasi says, lightly; she sits on the edge of a table, legs crossed neatly, hands folded on top of her knees, because she has something against chairs apparently.
"It's just random. Unless you believe in fate, or God, or some combination of the two."
Fact: if they were in one of the pubs around here, she would sit on top of the bar itself. She likes to make herself the centerpiece of the room.
"Higher purpose, sure; gray-bearded Santa practicing Calvinism and mapping out our every move so that he who has lived the most virtuously martyrtastic life gets all the best toys in the afterlife, not so much," Hasibe shrugs, smiling.
"But basically it's like this: if you - a general you, of course, I won't presume - believe in God and you want to know why good people have terrible things happen to them, you have to ask God, don't you? It all goes back to the 'problem of evil,' and nobody's ever been able to really give a satisfactory answer to that one, as many theologians have tried. The atheist's answer is much simpler, but maybe a lot less interesting. I don't know, what do you think?"
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"So then what is the point of being good if there is no benefit to the individual?"
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This was interesting- very interesting. Tony got the feeling with how the other man was talking about humans he did not consider himself human. However, Tony had often wondered if he himself were human in the true sense of the word. He was, as he put it, passing for human.
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"I suppose that holds some truth," he replied to the nothingness with a smirk.
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"So people who do good and have bad happen to them often bring it upon themselves because of their failure to prepare for the worst?"
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"Do you think you should be rewarded for being a good person then?"
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He shrugs. "While something besides the 'feel good' vibes would be nice sometimes, it isn't required. And I was actually thinking of people who aren't me for the 'good person' thing.
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"To begin with, I'd say because life isn't a meritocracy," Hasi says, lightly; she sits on the edge of a table, legs crossed neatly, hands folded on top of her knees, because she has something against chairs apparently.
"It's just random. Unless you believe in fate, or God, or some combination of the two."
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"Do you not believe in a higher power or purpose in life?"
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Fact: if they were in one of the pubs around here, she would sit on top of the bar itself. She likes to make herself the centerpiece of the room.
"Higher purpose, sure; gray-bearded Santa practicing Calvinism and mapping out our every move so that he who has lived the most virtuously martyrtastic life gets all the best toys in the afterlife, not so much," Hasibe shrugs, smiling.
"But basically it's like this: if you - a general you, of course, I won't presume - believe in God and you want to know why good people have terrible things happen to them, you have to ask God, don't you? It all goes back to the 'problem of evil,' and nobody's ever been able to really give a satisfactory answer to that one, as many theologians have tried. The atheist's answer is much simpler, but maybe a lot less interesting. I don't know, what do you think?"
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"I'm not sure there is one, definitive, answer. If there were we wouldn't have so many different lines of thought pertaining to the question."
The comment about his parents causes Tony's eyes to narrow slightly.
"Don't they think you could be a good person without the rocks?"
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