#and like that's the principle that the autobots embody. and it's not just a story thing | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

lord-squiggletits · 1 year

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Also idk if I can elaborate on this in beautiful enough detail, but I think that the Autobots going through unreasonable amounts of effort to save other people even at great personal cost to themselves is literally something good about them, and if you try to criticize that as a way the Autobots are “bad” then I really don’t get you.

#squiggposting #how do i say this without overstepping on experiences i don't have #in the real world when people do things like emergency services or whatever... the foundation of that type of work #is to do something objectively dangerous and risky to yourself on just the bare chance of saving others #there are a lot of safety regulations-- everything from just day to day use of equipment #to entire protocols that emergency services and other people use #whose entire purpose is 'we need to go above and beyond'#'so that we know beyond a shadow of a doubt we have done everything we can do to protect others'#and like that's the principle that the autobots embody. and it's not just a story thing #that's something that happens in real life too. in real life we valorize people who didn't have to do everything they could to save other pe #people but did it anyways. you know???#like the point isn't to say 'if you don't kill yourself to save others then you're a bad person'#the point is to say that we valorize people who DO go above and beyond because they embody the greatest standards of care and selfishness #so like for example yeah the autobots often protect organic species at great tactical loss and personal danger to themselves #but it's because the principle of equality and protection guides them such that they believe this is a noble pursuit #because it is. it is noble to do what's difficult and inconvenient to save other people without expecting recognition #and also in a way it's just the morally and philosophically correct thing to do? like if your choice could possibly do harm to someone #the moral response is to go 'maybe i shouldn't do that because i don't want to hurt people for my own ends'#not for you to go 'well i might NOT hurt them by accident there's only a chance of it so i'll just keep doing my thing'#people who disregard others because 'it's probably not going to hurt them' or 'it's not my problem if they get hurt'#are not people that we would generally call admirable or morally correct #and i think the existence of so many safety and ethical standards IRL proves this #because people/society as a whole know that we have a duty to be SURE that we don't hurt others even by accident #and we have a duty to check whether people might get hurt by accident even if we're 100% sure that no one will get hurt.#it's like fucking checking your windows before you reverse your car. yes you already looked once so there's probably no one behind your car #but it's the responsible and moral thing for you to keep checking your mirrors for the 1% chance that there IS someone #sorry for ranting

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