Re: Perì KunismoûPhálerás te~ On Cynicism and Phalera

Thomas Wier wrote:
[snip interesting stuff on Phaleran philosophies]
>(Need it be said that I don't personally endorse any of the beliefs
>of this society?)
Hm, I wonder how common this is - thinking up philpsophical and ethical
systems that one doesn't agree with for one's concultures.

I know I do it. Just to take an example, in Tairezazh official thinking it's
a dogm that a soldier isn't responsible for his actions when acting under
orders. If an officier ordered his troops to open fire on friendly
civilians, the troopers 'd be expected to obey, and they wouldn't risk
punishment if they did (if they failed to obey given orders, that's quite
another matter...). The officier would probably be done away with -
Tairezazh law doesn't recognize capital punishment, but there's nice little
loosely formulated paragraph allowin military commanders to use "any means
deemed necessary" against "individuals who threaten national security". If
this seems to give alot of power to top-ranking commanders, it does, but the
promotion system practically guaranties that these are supporters of the
status quo (which's a kind of representative democracy with a militaristic
twist).

                                                         Andreas

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