Yeah it was clear last year that Manchin was aiming for nothing whatsoever. I imagine nothing passes this time too. And there goes the next 10+ more y...
I think they deserve the power of invisibility myself. That life doesn’t provide them that is completely unjust, in my view— hence I won’t have kids. ...
Not even that interesting; rather boring, actually. Listening to people come up with elaborate, circuitous ways to justify their interpretation of lif...
Ok— so there goes your argument. A baby doesn’t deserve or not deserve anything either. Deserve in this context is meaningless. That you don’t want to...
The more I think about it, the more this entire thread looks like a giant expression of resentment towards one’s parents because life didn’t turn out ...
It’s self evident that if a person has done nothing, they deserve the chance to live. I guess that settles it. Self evidence. Yet several people — inc...
Early on there were many hypotheses — natural cycles, water vapor, and a host of others. These hypotheses have been abandoned. Also the predictions ma...
I’m not “fighting” anyone. If someone presents an argument, I’m interested in understanding it. This one happens to be unconvincing — and probably not...
Biodiversity collapse is exacerbated by climate change, as you know. Whether it occurs without a rapidly changing climate -- probably, but certainly n...
People live happy lives all the time, despite there being harm. So this statement is ridiculous. True, they won't get "no harm" -- because harm is par...
Why do you keep asking people this when, once someone does tell you which is false, you simply declare it to be self-evidently true? The line of your ...
The problem is that it's not even an argument, because it's not interested in persuading anyone and doesn't support itself in any way other than "this...
Definitely. Yes, and beyond that take it as part of their identity. Many people -- myself included at times -- want to take a generally good principle...
I don't accept subjectivism, nor that the Nazi's did no wrong. They're ethical issues and metaethical issues, sure. If you don't want to defend your a...
Sure. Here's a brief overview I wrote not long ago: In explaining climate change, for people who are truly interested in learning about it, I always l...
Apologies. I’m trying to engage mostly with the OP. I view your argument as a separate one. Although interesting, I haven’t had the time to give a car...
Ok. But who decides what's deserved? That doesn't fall from the sky, I assume. It's not God-given. So who decides? Who decides what is deserved? You? ...
An interesting way to put it. While I agree with it, I would further argue that they don't deserve anything -- beyond what human beings think they des...
It's a belief, whether you call it an assertion or conclusion. That life should be harm-free is a belief. I see no evidence to support that belief one...
OK. But how is this relevant to life? No one says "I'll have one life, please" -- and then, because there's suffering in it, is indignant. They don't ...
Humor me and answer it anyway. What do you think? Is life worth living or not? If so, why? And why deprive others of this worthy experience? Why make ...
Yes it does. If it’s worth living — meaning it is, on the whole, a good — then it’s (in general) worth having kids. Despite the fact that it doesn’t h...
In that specific case, no. I don't think it's a great analogy though. Why? Because we're talking about something much bigger -- we're talking about li...
Says you. But think about it for a minute. NO harm? What does that mean? Is that possible? No. So, again, in essence you're saying: there should be no...
Well what of happy lives that are NOT harm-free (like, I would argue, my own)? In other words, what if an innocent person -- a baby -- deserves to liv...
I'm not arguing it's false. It's a personal choice. Just like saying "There is suffering, so life is refuted" is a choice. It's a perspective. Is it "...
Well I don't fault my parents for having me, either. I guess that's more relevant. In fact I owe them a debt of gratitude for bringing me into this wo...
OK, sure. But most babies are born crying out of the womb. It's not the most pleasant process. So right away there's harm -- in fact a traumatic exper...
That one shouldn't be born because life isn't harm-free. You posted this with the title "A New Argument for Antinatalism." I assumed that you want to ...
It's not irrelevant. You're making an argument that innocent people don't deserve harm. Fine. We're all born innocent. So, according to you, none of u...
I didn't make that argument, nor did I say you made that argument. I'll quote myself: This is addressing your argument. All people (including me, as m...
I was born innocent too. There have been many harms in my life — like with any life. But I love life and continue to prefer being here to the alternat...
Actually it does, yes, since reducing everything to computers — including the human mind— and the human being to a machine is a pretty good characteri...
I have to say that I was never much impressed with the Tractatus. The very first proposition, that the “world is everything that is the case” is fine,...
I think we all agree as human beings, with few exceptions, that it would be nice if the species survived and that our kids and grandkids had a habitab...
Interesting. There's a lot of things going on technologically that is hopeful. The question -- as always -- is whether we get there in time, and just ...
I was just reading about him on Wikipedia. Oddly, recently died on the 4th (perhaps that’s why you mentioned him?). Anyway — I like some of what the a...
A lot of Cartesian dualism here— mind/body, subject/object, mental/physical, inside/outside. Perhaps these categories too are simply part of human tho...
It exists in the human mind, and the human mind is fundamentally temporal — in that things are constantly changing. So while numbers and classes and m...
What kind of pollution? I was talking about climate change. Greenhouse gases don’t stay within borders, as you know. Honestly I think you and your fam...
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