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If you are going to clean up a house, it's a good idea to remove the most offensive pile of sh1t first.
Disputes over territory and resources are in principle rational and can be resolved to mutual benefit as long as there is no overriding population pressure and everyone realises that they are the same species.
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The end justifies the means
The word terminal in the term universal terminal goal emphasizes time dimension over space and the others. It's better to have a finite number of conscious entities for infinite time rather than infinite number of conscious entities for a finite amount of time.
This video outlines a new argument from moral disagreement, which challenges moral realists to provide a theory of error: an explanation of why so many people have been so mistaken about the moral facts. This is based on Nicolas Smyth's article "Moral Knowledge and the Genealogy of Error"0:00 - Introduction0:39 - The reliability challenge9:43 - Denying disagreement16:01 - Non-moral error28:08 - Distorting factors34:36 - Consistency reasoning40:57 - Intuitionism
Quote from: alancalverd on 15/01/2022 17:48:08If you are going to clean up a house, it's a good idea to remove the most offensive pile of sh1t first.Killing isn't always the best way to clean up people's minds.
The most universal moral standard is not restricted by the similarities of physical traits nor chemical composition. It applies to any conscious entities.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 16/01/2022 06:20:42The most universal moral standard is not restricted by the similarities of physical traits nor chemical composition. It applies to any conscious entities. Including foxes and rabbits.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 15/01/2022 22:30:15Quote from: alancalverd on 15/01/2022 17:48:08If you are going to clean up a house, it's a good idea to remove the most offensive pile of sh1t first.Killing isn't always the best way to clean up people's minds. You can't make a parasite change its modus vivendi. Have you tried talking to a tapeworm? Or educating a priest?
We can modify their genetic codes.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 17/01/2022 22:51:41We can modify their genetic codes. A person is the embodiment of a genetic code, so you would destroy the person by doing so. But priests and politicians come in all shapes, sizes and colors - their evil is a chosen way of life, not conferred at conception.
Because it's easy.
Is it because of their genetic codes? Is it because of their environmental influence?
Nurture and circumstance.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D_wzEq2p18Moral Realism and Moral ErrorQuoteThis video outlines a new argument from moral disagreement, which challenges moral realists to provide a theory of error: an explanation of why so many people have been so mistaken about the moral facts. This is based on Nicolas Smyth's article "Moral Knowledge and the Genealogy of Error"0:00 - Introduction0:39 - The reliability challenge9:43 - Denying disagreement16:01 - Non-moral error28:08 - Distorting factors34:36 - Consistency reasoning40:57 - IntuitionismTo get the acceptance from moral philosophers, the universal moral standard also needs to take the reliability challenge. Why so many people have been so mistaken about the moral facts?
Let's start with moral realism. The name suggests that morality must be based on something that is real, instead of imaginary.
How's predation, parasitism, cannibalism, sexism, nepotism, tribalism, racism, nationalism, humanism, patriotism, altruism, socialism, communism, capitalism, slavery, genocide, homicide