Loopholes are for assholes

When I was a kid, there was grown-up person I thought was really cool. One of the bits of ‘wisdom’ he shared was something like this: You can park wherever you want. You can park right in front of the door of the store on sidewalk and walk right in. No one will do anything about it! At the time, I though: Woah, this guy is a genius! He’s operating on another level! Now that I’m the grownup, I think back on this ‘advice’ with sadness. This guy wasn’t a genius – he was an asshole (they can often look similar on the surface, especially to idiots). In my short and incomplete stint as a post-secondary philosophy student, I remember learning about a simple way to evaluate a philosophy or worldview: Consider what would happen if everyone subscribed to that worldview. I’m probably thinking of Kant’s categorical imperative. We can’t all park in front of the doors at Walmart – so none of us should.

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