I mean reformulate it how you like to fit the definition of a maxim. But that's the point, is that it's hard to figure out in every situation.. and si...
It does seem rather hard because how are we to determine if something like, “Everybody shouldn’t be an asshole because if everybody were assholes, we ...
On a tangent based on last notions of CI.. IF CI cannot be practically reasoned as to "what" counts as universalizable, what practical use is it? For ...
Suffering is intrinsically negative and harmful regardless of comparative happiness. The existence of suffering is ethically significant on its own, a...
No, causing happiness is not an obligation in the way NOT causing harm is. Causing pain in order for them to also have happiness is still a violation ...
Again, you ignore what it means to cause suffering and back-filling the justification after-the-fact with palliative ethics. You don't intentionally c...
No because that's the point, that in matters of ethics, preventing suffering is weighted more important than promoting happiness. And indeed, causing ...
This seems to be the same problem as Fire Ologist, but a variation. The ethic is on the part of the person enacting the suffering onto the other. At t...
Correct... Huh? I am not following. If there is no potential for procreation, there is no need for the ethic. Similarly, if there is only one person i...
Your argument is something like this: "If there are no humans, the ethic cannot be followed". My point is, "Correct". And you see a problem there, but...
Why I don't see the problem. "What" is being undermined if there are no ethical beings? You are making it as if ethical beings are necessary to exist ...
Why should it matter if the ethical rule disappears though? What needs to preserve the ethical rule? The rule comes into play when more than one human...
I am not sure what this is supposed to translate to, ethically speaking. It becomes irrelevant given the considerations of suffering prevention being ...
I still think Moore and Wittgenstein did not sufficiently provide an alternative to Kant's project. Moore simply resorts back to what is sensory, but ...
This doesn't make any sense to me. We are not living for ethics. Ethics is present because humans are around. Ethics simply is entailed if humans exis...
But I think I answered that objection from @"Leontiskos". That is to say, all that matters is that humans exist for this to take place. No humanity, n...
So the case is really best exemplified by David Benatar's asymmetry argument that is now more widely known than when I used to discuss it. However, I ...
I just think this is loading the question to get this answer. Only if a philosopher believes that they can provide absolute certainty, can this be tru...
Yes I would definitely agree here. I don't see the point to over-determine Pietism's affect on Kant's thinking, but I can understand that it possibly ...
But that is just what makes philosophy different than everyday activity. I want from my philosopher reasoning and justifications for their assertions ...
I find it funny that I think you have made a better summary than the original :wink:. But was Tractatus really aimed to dispute the position of mereol...
https://problemi.si/issues/p2018-2/03problemi_international_2018_2_kobe.pdf You might find that interesting as it seems to answer the question about t...
I was trying to give some relevance to the truism that "My understanding of the world are a set of "true" propositions or "independent facts". Otherwi...
Just saw your reply. No doubt Kant respected and used scholastic ideas. I guess I was more thinking of his categorical imperative as an individual age...
But that's not what I am saying. Rather, if a human exists, then consent towards other humans is on the table. This all follows from a faulty view of ...
No, it means that from a position of ignorance we should do the LEAST amount of harm. And our disagreement is over how ignorant we truly are over a co...
My point is this: which philosophies argue that the world, at least in terms of human communication, is not composed of facts or true propositions? Yo...
No one was given anything. The UN partitioned two states, Arab armies rejected, lost war, and lost more land as a result. That was a consequence of no...
I see your attempt at irony. Nice, I like irony. But since it really doesn't have an impact on the argument, I don't have much more to say to it. If n...
I believe I just answered this objection: How does that logic follow? What happens if life was really bad but one still pondered whether to have a chi...
As I said earlier, it is just factually the case you can never know the kind of life your child will have accurately. That is epitome of hubristic thi...
The question is should there be a Jewish state. My answer was yes. I didn’t say anything about taking over farms. The original UN map was not agreed t...
Oh FFS, use whatever pedantic terms you want.. true propositions, states of affairs, what have you... Go on.. I am wondering if this is just Janustein...
They aren't less valid. They too have a historical ancestral claim. Hence the dilemma. I think we often misconstrue various understandings of nation-s...
Just curious, do you know of Rawls' Veil of Ignorance regarding justice and rights? If so, can you see how there can be a direct analogy between the u...
Let me ask you, are there many philosophies that would advocate that the world is composed of false states of affairs? I know there were debates about...
None of this was about excusing war crimes, but it was about the basis for which the idea of "homeland" was established in a particular region for a p...
That doesn't even mean anything. There are many levels of "facts".. There are historical facts, scientific facts, geographical facts, social facts (po...
I'm trying to configure where specifically, "Protestant" comes into view here.. And I was trying to get at it from an "individualistic" way. However, ...
As far as focusing more on the individual's own ability to reason, rather than relying on a hierarchical decision, this might be something to consider...
I never understand these kind of criticisms. It reminds me of "If a tree falls in the woods.." arguments. One can say this about ANY moral claim. For ...
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