August 22, 2004

WWSSD?

Here is the plot of the Icelandic movie mentioned below, which is called A Man Like Me, and is, according to a reviewer at IMDB, "Best Icelandic film ever":

"A postal worker has some lunch in a chinese restaurant and falls in love with the waitress, who happens to be chinese. They start dating and quickly fall in and out of love, the waitress returning to China. The young man looks for comfort in his father, but he's to occupied with winning the Eurovision song contest. After listening to looser friends talk about what Sylvester Stallone would do in his situation, the postal worker decides to buy a ticket to China and follow his love to her home."

Now, I thought there were really only three ethical algorithms worth reviewing - the Golden Rule, the Categorial Imperative, and Utilitarian reasoning. But there is a fourth - What Would Sylvester Stallone Do?

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