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What argument? Do you mean to say that "non trivial harm exists in life" = "Procreation is wrong"? Because that doesn't follow at all. Yes. Also, life...
September 10, 2021 at 15:29
So... define it. A question ends with a question mark. I honestly don't know what you want me to answer here. I guess this? Yes, we agree that non tri...
September 10, 2021 at 15:20
There was no question in your comment. If anything, I am the one that asked a question: And you responded: And now you don't want to support that answ...
September 10, 2021 at 15:14
So if a slave was fine with his conditions then we classify his enslavement as a non-trivial imposition? Wasn't this one of our main points of disagre...
September 10, 2021 at 15:09
Yes. Probably. I'm asking you to define it. Without any reference to experiences or their reports. You claim this is possible. You defined it, let's g...
September 10, 2021 at 15:05
I see 0 justification for the double standard. Also I think you meant “providing” happiness?
September 10, 2021 at 06:29
I didn't refer to having kids at all. This isn't about that, it's more general. It's about: When someone steals from a charity he hurts them, by how m...
September 10, 2021 at 06:25
Ok, at least you don’t have a ridiculous position. Though it seems to me there is a contradiction between here: And here: How is it not right sometime...
September 09, 2021 at 23:47
Yup. Nice summary. Agreed that imposing too much harm is wrong. But, and I hate to bring this up again, this would be insufficient. You think surprise...
September 09, 2021 at 23:38
Not just us. Again, everyone agrees you shouldn’t impose non trivial suffering on others. They just disagree on how much of an imposition life is. No....
September 09, 2021 at 19:26
That’s what you meant by unnecessary? That’s ridiculous though. You remember the life guard example right? In that example, by this definition, waking...
September 09, 2021 at 19:12
Not an AN anymore, but this is ridiculous. Since when is it that when we can’t ask for consent, we assume it is given? That’s the exact opposite of wh...
September 09, 2021 at 19:06
We’d still do ethics in much the same way. You’d be punished for harms you directly cause and not punished for others, with people frequently disagree...
September 09, 2021 at 07:53
So your objection is premise 1. If it affects the physical it had to be physical. Because that’s how people define “physical”. Not by mass, not by vel...
September 08, 2021 at 23:26
Usually people say “mental states are brain states” not “my mind is my brain”. Here’s an attempt at the former: 1- Every physical effect has sufficien...
September 08, 2021 at 16:43
If there were how do you expect us to know about them?
September 07, 2021 at 18:38
So you think there is something wrong with letting people commit suicide while they’re young, and at the same time you think that them not being able ...
September 07, 2021 at 15:41
So people who quit tournaments are morally wrong now?
September 07, 2021 at 08:54
Your objection seems to be that not everyone can commit suicide, but everyone can return the gift. I don't find that convincing, but does it mean that...
September 07, 2021 at 02:15
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Haven't died, can't confirm.
September 07, 2021 at 01:43
Yes. No, it's just too rare to call having kids in that scenario anything less than irresponsibility. There is a whole lot between "rich" and "poor". ...
September 07, 2021 at 01:41
I'm pointing out that just because something is an unconsented imposition clearly doesn't automatically make it wrong. So you need more premises to ma...
September 07, 2021 at 01:24
Huh, funny, I was just about to say the same to you. You understand it takes two to debate right? And it was only recently with your saying “having su...
September 07, 2021 at 01:21
All about me me me me me. No consideration for the child. I’d think not having kids you can’t afford is common sense nowadays. Apparently not.
September 07, 2021 at 01:00
Do you think of this when deciding what gift to buy a friend for an occasion then settling on nothing since the gift could be harmful? I find it dubio...
September 07, 2021 at 00:04
Because I FEEL LIKE IT!!!!!!!! Also to prevent AN threads from turning into the echo chambers they usually turn to. Start whatever thread you want, bu...
September 06, 2021 at 23:54
You know they couldn't land right? They get punished or killed for cowardice. Again, conflating not being able to voice opposition with agreement to t...
September 06, 2021 at 10:44
There are multiple reasons a dialogue can't go forward. Either, a party refuses to move it forward, or the parties have found a fundamental disagreeme...
September 05, 2021 at 11:34
Maybe. But that’s what it sounded like to me. Yea but they don’t think the other side is valid (hence hardcore). And so they don’t agree to disagree. ...
September 03, 2021 at 16:29
And others may speak up to say why it's not problematic. There is a pretty critical difference here. I'm not going around telling people "Y'all should...
September 02, 2021 at 10:10
Two people thinking different things is not a paradox.
September 02, 2021 at 08:01
Well it depends on the issue. Precisely because they think they’re right. You don’t see a politician saying “Ah well you see, this is just my opinion,...
September 01, 2021 at 23:11
So where’s the paradox?
September 01, 2021 at 12:45
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He was making 100+ posts per day about 4 of which were new topics. No way most aren’t shit. He also had a severe case of Bartricks syndrome. I don’t t...
September 01, 2021 at 03:54
Well it becomes a problem when you try to convince others of something for which one of the main premises is not provable isn’t it? No. Because being ...
August 31, 2021 at 05:51
Which you still haven’t shown actually meet the threshold. See, I wouldn’t mind you saying “I see life as too much of an imposition so I won’t have ki...
August 30, 2021 at 17:12
The question has a type error. Neural network systems are RUN on computers. AI are programs, not devices. This is like asking “What makes it so diffic...
August 30, 2021 at 13:13
By this logic surprise parties are definitely wrong. You’re being inconsistent. Yes. Because you said it first…. Can you at least keep track of your o...
August 30, 2021 at 12:48
Key word: Can. You have yet to prove this happens to a sufficient degree so as to distrust the overall report. It’s like saying “People sometimes lie ...
August 30, 2021 at 04:40
So one can consistently hold that God is omnibenevolent and judge him.
August 30, 2021 at 04:16
How might one go about finding out God’s standards? Or they’re just insane. How do they know it’s not that? Right. Where does this preclude us from ju...
August 29, 2021 at 10:51
As I said, we don't know those. So anyone who pretends to judge God by God's standards is bullshitting. He has no clue if he's correct or not. Doesn't...
August 29, 2021 at 10:20
Fair enough. Finally some attempt at proving that OB applies to longer events more. Anyways, as stated above, it still doesn’t lead to “life is at bes...
August 28, 2021 at 22:40
99% of the time people say such things they mean to add "except this one" at the end. It's just less poetic so they don't. Socrates said "All I know i...
August 28, 2021 at 12:33
Unrelated but I never understood how statements like this are paradoxical. Just add a “except this one” at the end and the paradox is resolved.
August 28, 2021 at 10:57
No it doesn’t. It doesn’t favor any argument. Just because it challenges the status quo doesn't mean it supports alternatives. Right, and even if we a...
August 28, 2021 at 10:13
That doesn't quite work, because one's own evaluation of what belongs to who can be completely different from the evaluation of another, hence the sli...
August 24, 2021 at 12:31
But you said needs like these are insufficient. So are they sufficient now? I agree, but this isn’t reflected in your blanket statement that your need...
August 24, 2021 at 11:58