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An act is an imposition if it violates someone's freedom, which also seems to imply that non-existent beings are in some free state and being brought ...
August 02, 2022 at 02:39
Actual people do have rights. But that doesn't mean that there is any value in trying to preserve these rights when the person who would have those ri...
August 02, 2022 at 02:36
It's quite apparent to me that attempting to dimish the potency of the good by employing arbitrary double standards when it comes to the value of crea...
August 02, 2022 at 02:33
With the presence of the former whose prevention is not required by nothingness. I never said that you are saying that. It's my argument that there is...
August 02, 2022 at 02:25
Neither is one obliged to preserve a void. The gift would positively affect an actual person. Already responded. Absolute bliss. The pit is indeed bad...
August 02, 2022 at 02:03
I never did. I do believe that avoiding and reducing unnecessary harms is important. It's you who has wilfully decided to ignore the positives. The gi...
August 01, 2022 at 20:03
People who bestow good and genuinely try to help others are slightly better than Nazis, I think. There weren't many Nazis sacrificing their lives, sle...
August 01, 2022 at 19:43
Not procreating does not have a positive effect on the non-existent freedom of inanimate objects. However, clearly some people think that creation can...
August 01, 2022 at 19:27
Well, one could say that non-existent beings are not missing out on the goods of existence because, unlike the existing person who wishes he could hav...
August 01, 2022 at 11:26
Ignorance of beneficence hardly erases its worth. There can be negative consequences for those who do exist and care about procreating. Not creating h...
August 01, 2022 at 09:31
Presuming and choosing for others when they are not capable of getting a good themselves is the ethical thing to do because it provides a benefit that...
August 01, 2022 at 06:36
:up: When it comes to experiences, quantity has a quality of its own. The existence of harms does not efface the value of all the positives of life. J...
August 01, 2022 at 02:26
As someone who is sympathetic to vedanta, it would have been difficult for me to have not heard of him! I really enjoyed reading Ethics. Doing the rig...
August 01, 2022 at 02:26
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July 31, 2022 at 15:19
Do keep the benefits (and the lack of any prior interest in the void) in mind. Anyway, it's been nice to have had the privilege of discoursing with th...
July 31, 2022 at 15:10
And choosing to not bestow a positive that innocent sentient beings deserve. Some people would say that non-existent beings are not harmed by this cho...
July 31, 2022 at 15:05
Is it ever okay to not let unmitigated pessimism hinder one's ability to empathetically bestow a great good to another person when they are not in a p...
July 31, 2022 at 14:56
Personally, I think that divorcing the rules from the effects does not make much sense. However, once again, I did not misconstrue your position. I ac...
July 31, 2022 at 14:29
It seems similar to the claim that the only thing one knows is that they know nothing.
July 31, 2022 at 13:28
I never claimed that you said anything else. My point was that, due to the allegedy harmful nature of creation, the so-called imposition (the choice) ...
July 31, 2022 at 11:18
The absence of that negative at the cost of their existence simply has no value for the person who does not exist, in my view. Fortunately, most peopl...
July 31, 2022 at 09:20
If non-existent beings had some prior interest in avoiding existence that was being disregarded by their creation, then perhaps it would indeed be wro...
July 31, 2022 at 09:00
Indeed. Which is precisely why deciding for them and suggesting that they should not have a good (even though they mostly likely would have asked for ...
July 31, 2022 at 08:55
It isn't unreasonable to point out similar flaws. There is no need to fix something that is not broken. Taking unnecessary risks and causing harms to ...
July 31, 2022 at 08:52
Acknowledge the bad but recognise the good too! Some wings are quite large. Doing so might give on the necessary resources to start working for a cure...
July 31, 2022 at 07:13
If freedom can be restricted even when there was no prior free state from which one was taken away from, then giving a good that one could not have as...
July 31, 2022 at 04:12
I still do not think that an act that isn't dragging one away from a state they had a prior interest in towards a negative one can be called an imposi...
July 31, 2022 at 04:06
:clap: Ineffaceable great goods also matter. An excessive aversion to risks at the cost of downplaying the opportunities that many people could (and d...
July 26, 2022 at 06:50
Forcing a pessimistic worldview onto the inexistent is hardly a reasonable thing to do (I am being facetious and somewhat metaphorical here, just in c...
July 25, 2022 at 19:02
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July 21, 2022 at 12:12
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July 21, 2022 at 12:12
Indeed. The concept is stretched and contracted in a way that seems a bit capricious. For instance, if one believes that an individual is responsible ...
July 20, 2022 at 16:53
I agree. Unless one has a very narrow (and ultimately counter-intuitive, in my opinion) definition of "causing" something (which is not the same as be...
July 20, 2022 at 13:18
Striking the right balance between pernicious optimism and unbridled pessimism is quite important!
July 19, 2022 at 18:12
:up: As the OP said, "great arguments"! It seems apparent to me that not acting in a particular situation can be one of the causes of a state of affai...
July 19, 2022 at 16:56
:clap: One can hope that people will not turn a blind eye to the significance of providing benefits and choosing something better over something that ...
July 19, 2022 at 06:42
The inaction did not cause the person to start drowning; it caused him to keep drowning. Obviously, if one isn't even in the area and is unaware/incap...
July 17, 2022 at 17:22
If the absence of happiness is not bad because there isn't any deprivation being felt by someone, then neither can the absence of suffering be good, s...
July 17, 2022 at 16:54
I agree that one is not directly responsible for what happened. Nevertheless, their inaction did cause the person to continue to drown, since if they ...
July 17, 2022 at 16:44
It can still have consequences. Of course, it involves non-involvement. I am fine with it being a possible choice. In fact, if the risk is greater, it...
July 17, 2022 at 15:53
If someone is saying that inaction should always be preferred, they seem to be implying that it is good. However, if it is good that inaction prevents...
July 17, 2022 at 15:35
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July 17, 2022 at 14:22
Unfortunately, some people care too much about impositions and too little about the bestowals of great goods. Nonetheless, I hope that we will, as you...
July 17, 2022 at 14:07
"Absolutely! Perhaps we can also prevent the 'sacrificial lamb' type shortfalls or any 1 sufferer out of every 10." :up: :clap:
July 17, 2022 at 13:32
If people keep taking unnecessary risks (they are unnecessary because existing beings do not need constant interference for adequate happiness) for th...
July 17, 2022 at 13:25
Preferably, I would like to see a world wherein we would not need the mat at all. Maybe it's a lofty goal, yet I think it's worth striving towards.
July 17, 2022 at 13:23
What matters to me is trying to do the right thing. The rest depends upon the wills of the other sentient beings. I can't control them (nor do I wish ...
July 17, 2022 at 13:04
That, of course, is the final destination.
July 17, 2022 at 12:50
Yes, I apologise if my comment seemed to suggest that you had said otherwise. I just thought that far too many people equate happiness with financial ...
July 17, 2022 at 12:47
Most Buddhists accept rebirth and do not accept universal AN. However, I do believe that life can be mostly positive. What we should do, particularly ...
July 17, 2022 at 12:43