I think that physical stimulation informs our decisions, but does not necessarily restrict them. Sometimes we do painful things for long-term happines...
It's not a silly example. I'm simply asking you who is in the wrong in that situation. And i think everyone here would agree that it is the murderer b...
Let's imagine a serial killer who pursues happiness through murder is chasing a victim. The victim uses a bat to hit the murderer. The victim effectiv...
Then I guess that flourishing is more about being in a fulfilling states of mind, and that it can be accomplished through life goals but not is not ne...
Let's say John has some life goal, becoming a famous singer. Now he uses his time in this world (his life), to achieve that goal, which means his life...
I don't know why but I haven't seen this paper seen until now somehow. The fact that we have some reward mechanism when we act morally implies that mo...
Living life as you think is best implies living as you want to as long as it does not harm others. You have some ideal and you try to achieve it. That...
I agree with almost everything you said, but I don't think that there is a distinction between what you call the synthetic and natural environment as ...
So you mean to respect the rights of others. But the pursuit of happiness being one of those rights you have listed, then I don't think we really disa...
I think that all you have mentioned here are essential to well-being, so acting towards others in a way that promotes or ar least respects them is an ...
It seems we have a different meaning of the term end-in-themselves. What do you mean by it ? You don't support it, but you still have to respect it if...
My interpretation of it is that we are autonomous beings with our own goals, so we must consider the goals of other people when interacting with them....
It seems that we do have a purpose, though it is choosen by the person themselves. You choose your own purpose. We choose our actions. Having a purpos...
so, if I get it, the main point is that because the particulars and the universals are an indeterminate dyad, the two cannot exist independently from ...
It seems to me that words do have some kind of essence. The essence of the word "cat" for example can be said to be the specific order of the letters ...
Imagine this scenario: a person unable to distinguish between right or wrong has a voice in his head that tells him to, let's say, give all of his for...
I don't think that is the case because whether or not a killer has free will does not change the fact that we must do what we can to prevent him from ...
And when they know the difference they are judged for their responsibility. Sorry for not answering. Thanks for pointing it out, I wouldn't have respo...
Imagine that there's an asteroid coming towards Earth and I am sent on a mission to stop it. Now imagine that to do so, I must activate a device that ...
But what about when the objective can only be accomplished at the detriment of one's health ? Do you sacrifice it, or is there a point where it's bett...
What you call the criteria of medicine seems to be health. Problem is, is health morally right ? If so, then are there exceptions ? If me bleeding to ...
I guess simulation of touch, smell and taste is absent because it doesn't give an adaptive evolutionary advantage. Sight and hearing simulation helps ...
In the grand scheme of things, our actions are insignificant. But our actions are still significant on a smaller scale. A father reassuring his child ...
Could you please clarify that statement? Is it that me making that argument is determined or is it that the existence of the argument itself Talking a...
of course there is such a thing. Propaganda is the first step towards censorship, when people are apathetic or are made compliant with propaganda they...
Who are you talking about when you talk about the powerful ? Do you mean governments, or institutions and individuals capable of making things go thei...
Yes, it doesn't clarify what is a sufficient reason. But to propose what reasons are sufficient would be doing normative ethics, a consequentialist wo...
a lack of free will does not justify the action. If a man is forced to kill another by one of his friends, does that mean that the murder was justifie...
what I mean by justified is that there are sufficient reasons to perform that action. For example, some people say that killing is wrong because you s...
Everyone knowingly contributing to it. That means all Westerners since the introduction of the issue to the public in the 90s and most the rest of the...
Replacing something is a matter of finding something to perform the same function as the replaced object. So whether or not we can replace God depends...
What do you mean by that ? What do you mean by intuition ? Do you mean propositions obtained without thinking ? Because if so, then it isn't knowledge...
Self-cultivation is about the development of your abilities. Philosophy contributes by reflection on what abilities should be developed, and how to de...
now that I think about it, consciousness, CSE, and brain states seem to be the same thing. We are aware only of mental images and brain states, and co...
Yes ! It's a representation of the wavelength combination, not of the object. I admit, I probably made an exaggeration when saying the world is very d...
color, when considered as a part of electromagnetic spectrum, is not an illusion. What I say is an illusion is the mental image of color created by yo...
when you assign meaning, you use your mind to draw conclusions based on the mental image created by your brain. For example, when I see that a man I d...
Yes. The most flagrant sign of stupidity is people silencing all those who disagree leading to echo chambers. Both can be found in COVID conspiracy th...
what I mean is that our perception of the world is an image constructed by our brains based on signals. Those signals, like air or water moving, are n...
Honestly I don't know whether or not all consciousness is CSE. I can't think of a mental image that is subconscious or unconscious, apart from maybe t...
could you please clarify your question? I don't really understand what you mean. If my understanding of your question is correct, then I'd say all CSE...
the hard problem is about how experience arises from non-sentient matter, not whether or not it arises from it. We know for example that certain areas...
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