2014-08-06
Original: 2014-08-06 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header banner: ETHICS:)
A man with reddish-brown hair, looking slightly pained:
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Panel 2 (header banner: BIOETHICS...)
A woman with dark hair and round glasses, resting her chin on her hand, looking troubled:
"Are these others OTHER enough that I can do unto them what I don't want done unto me?"
Votey:
A loosely sketched person leaning over, with a thought bubble that reads:
"SLICE."
A man with reddish-brown hair, looking slightly pained:
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Panel 2 (header banner: BIOETHICS...)
A woman with dark hair and round glasses, resting her chin on her hand, looking troubled:
"Are these others OTHER enough that I can do unto them what I don't want done unto me?"
Votey:
A loosely sketched person leaning over, with a thought bubble that reads:
"SLICE."
Alt text
Two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1, labeled "ETHICS:", shows a man with reddish-brown hair looking slightly uncomfortable, saying "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Panel 2, labeled "BIOETHICS...", shows a woman with dark hair and round glasses resting her chin on her hand, looking troubled, asking "Are these others OTHER enough that I can do unto them what I don't want done unto me?" The joke contrasts the simple Golden Rule of ethics with bioethics' tendency to find loopholes by deciding who counts as sufficiently "other." Votey: a rough sketch of a person leaning over with a thought bubble reading "SLICE.", implying a researcher mentally preparing to dissect.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.