William Bell

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One cannot conceive of every scenario, Orwell knew this in writing and gave us this advice in his rules about style: "Break any of these rules sooner than saying anything outright barbarous." Before there was rules there was us, we should trust our conscience and follow it.

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We respect the hero who continues their quest, even when it hurts everyone around them and themselves. We should not because ultimately if we're hurting the people around us, what is it for? We are the masters of morality, not the other way around.

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Whether it be retributive justice, or pure malice, suffering for suffering's sake is not good. This could take the form of a bad rumour, a horrid prison system, or a crime of passion - while we may feel justified, this is merely the suspension of our conscience.

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People are good - only later compromised by greed, ignorance, and laziness. Unless you have specific reason to believe others have compromised their conscience or rationality, you should not approach them as if this were not the case, as it is more likely to lead to good.

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All suffering is deprivation. When you hurt someone physically, you deprive them of comfort and bodily autonomy, when authoritarianism takes hold it deprives people of freedom, the same could be said for all manners of coercion and maltreatment.

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Truthfulness and morality is determined by logic and empiricism, not by popularity or outward sources of authority. Conscience may not be wholly reasonable but it cannot make a correct decision without understanding a situation.

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Suffering begets suffering, deprivation of understanding more than anything else produces more suffering. Always offer the truth without regret so that others may act according to a conscience informed by reason.

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A life is a life is a life, no matter which life. One life, even your own or those you love, cannot be held as greater than another.

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A victimless crime is no crime, crimes hurt people. An abstract concept will not experience agony if you go against it, pleasure that causes no suffering, no deprivation, is not evil.

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Morally equality applies to yourself as well. If you deprive yourself for the sake of others, you are causing suffering, even if it only to you. This does not legitimize the suffering.

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