tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974412756136889139.post7397528292884770698..comments2023-09-05T08:50:29.488-05:00Comments on Wandering Above the Sea of Fog: Hulk Mad! Hulk Smash! Hulk Bruce Banner?The Wandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925841309848404325noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974412756136889139.post-87292640343895324142009-01-25T12:05:00.000-06:002009-01-25T12:05:00.000-06:00It is not clear to me they have the same body eith...It is not clear to me they have the same body either, since Hulk has green skin, and Banner has normal skin. Hulk has large muscles, Banner small. In fact, with the possible unverified issue of their gender, it appears to me they have completely different bodies. Because they have different bodies, and only barely share any memories, I think this is a case best thought of as there being completely two different people -- both different persons and different bodies. They just happen to transform back and forth from one another.<BR/><BR/>Actually, there are two ways of looking at Banner and Hulk's moral relation. First, it could be that the saner of the two people is somehow responsible for the less sane person, i.e. Banner for Hulk, since Banner has control (within limits) to when Hulk appears. So any damage Hulk does is Banner's responsibility. It's the same relationship between a parent and an angry child, say in a china shop. The adult has (limited) control over the child, but with or without the success of such control, the adult is still responsible. <BR/><BR/>Second, it could be like somebody who has a brain disease where he has episode of loss of control. If the sick person does not take care to prevent damage to himself and others, then he is morally responsible. This is often the story behind werewolf tales, where the person has to take great pains to lock themselves up at night, or bear the consequences of moral negligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7974412756136889139.post-217108870056520132009-01-20T14:25:00.000-06:002009-01-20T14:25:00.000-06:00I appreciate your subtle "Thus Spoke Zoroaster" re...I appreciate your subtle "Thus Spoke Zoroaster" reference. It makes me happy.<BR/><BR/>I have been absent from the public blog sphere, I am on the verge of returning, but no promises.Padraichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770456660502393104noreply@blogger.com