cobright
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- Joined
- Jan 6, 2013
There've been plenty of threads about wearing masks or not and why, or why not. It's refreshing to see the honesty for our motives that come up, whatever they may be, a diversity representing the differing experiences we all have with this pandemic and I don't intend to make this thread about judging anyone for their decision. I have a view on the matter, and I think people who feel differently are likely wrong, but that's okay. Either they're wrong or I am, it probably doesn't make them (or me) a bad person.
But an answer in a different thread did get me thinking about the roots of ethical behavior. In all things ethics, I fall back to Kant because he says what most of us believe so succinctly. He says that for a action to be ethical one must...
Most people who decide not to wear a mask seem to look at wearing a mask as a personal decision that affects themselves primarily and others minimally if at all. I don't know if that's how those people feel, but that's how it seems and that intrigues me.
So the poll question is:
You and 3 people you love will be sharing a 100' square room with 23 other groups of 4 people for 1 hour. A total of 100 people. There are 25 spots marked, one for each group to stand, that will keep at least 6' between each group. One person in this room has the Coronavirus and is contagious . That person may not know they are infected. That person may be you.
What percentage of the occupants of that room would you prefer be wearing a mask?
But an answer in a different thread did get me thinking about the roots of ethical behavior. In all things ethics, I fall back to Kant because he says what most of us believe so succinctly. He says that for a action to be ethical one must...
Essentially, to be a good person, we must act in a way that we would prefer everyone else, in our position, would have to act."Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law ."
Most people who decide not to wear a mask seem to look at wearing a mask as a personal decision that affects themselves primarily and others minimally if at all. I don't know if that's how those people feel, but that's how it seems and that intrigues me.
So the poll question is:
You and 3 people you love will be sharing a 100' square room with 23 other groups of 4 people for 1 hour. A total of 100 people. There are 25 spots marked, one for each group to stand, that will keep at least 6' between each group. One person in this room has the Coronavirus and is contagious . That person may not know they are infected. That person may be you.
What percentage of the occupants of that room would you prefer be wearing a mask?