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As far as I can tell we're in basic agreement, my only point is that to be fair, we should take into account the "purpose" of domesticated animals as ...

Oh there's plenty. Say I spend money on plane tickets to visit my daughter on vacation. Say you're employed by the airline. How much are you going to ...

I agree, it's worth it to me to choose higher quality (thus more expensive) meat and dairy not only for the quality of the product but also to compens...

"good for the cattle"? What does that mean? Remember domesticated animals were invented to provide goods and services for humans. Commonly that involv...

Exactly. When addressing such a broad range of practices, better to target the very worst practices than the topic as a whole since there are both pos...

A perfect illustration of the fact that judging an action is incomplete without taking into account the consequences of not performing the action. Thu...

Yes it appears massive. Part of this is that very few (if any) human behaviors are purely positive (good) or negative (evil) regardless of context. Th...

Creators (gods) are so convenient in the absence of science, to explain all unknowns and (currently) unknowables, that human psychology guarantees hum...

Name calling? I will specifically continue to follow your postings as you're obviously well versed in Philosophical theory. As a non expert in theory ...

Well, in the OP you wrote: "The latter scenario is morally permissible because either choice (of action or inaction) will result in a bad side effect ...

I know that. My point was/is that the abortion/hysterectomy example is a particularly poor demonstration of the Principle of Double Effect because abo...

Practically speaking? Yes. Conceptually? No.

While statistically accurate, philosophical logic/arguments should cover all eventualities.

Ah, that's an actual statistics question. The answer is it's a chance that is infinitely close to zero.

I get that you're trying to explore statistics, but if one drills down into the OP, as written, it devolves into an exploration of the limits of machi...

I don't entirely disagree. Bringing up abortion to make one's point is akin to bringing up Hitler to accomplish the same thing. It's not a sign of a w...

Perhaps you're unfamiliar with the existance of sexual assault. Whose "decision" are you referring to? The rapist's?

I meant that declaring that killing is immoral while ignoring that violation of an adult human's body autonomy is also immoral, is missing the key iss...

I don't necessarily disagree with your analysis, though it bears noting that humans are pretty well versed in decision making while weighing relative ...

Right. No doubt about it, one's past experiences alters one's brain-state which at least influences decision making moving forward.

Exactly. Determinism basically is a self fulfilling prophecy in the sense that you can never "go back" and do a "do over" and make a different choice ...

No it's definitely not. That's Determinism. And no, your "choice" isn't "influenced" by your brain-state, it's determined by your brain-state. You can...

Excellent question. Either things are as they appear and you truly choose between options, or your act of choosing is an illusion, that is you go thro...

Because having a dog at the low end (say, 1 bowl) and another at the high end (2 bowls), doesn't preclude having a limitless number, ie it's not limit...

Sorry for misunderstanding. Yes, exactly my point.

You think so? In my mind dying is a process (of becoming dead), death is the last point of the process of dying and dead is one's state of being upon ...

If you mean: are my comments gender specific? Then, no.

Well, since "bad" is a subjective descriptor, there needs to be an observer to give an entity that label. But the observer need not be the person dyin...

Incorrect. There are an infinite number of quantities between 1 bowl of food and 2 bowls, just as there are between 1/infinity and infinity.

I totally understand where you're coming from. It's naturally frustrating when real life statistics don't match up with theory. Though I have to admit...

Well, since immortality is a fictional fantasy, it can actually be anything one can imagine. Most simplistically (over simplistically, IMO), presume t...

Really? Have you seen how infirm a 100 year old person is? I can barely imagine how incredibly decrepit a 200 year old you would be, let alone 300. An...

Death, to a human, is nonexistance. Nonexistance for a human is normal. You were nonexistent for 13.7 billion years, you existed for less than one hun...

Well, given the extreme frequency of ecological fallacies when Real World inferences to individuals from group data is attempted, one practical soluti...

That's the point I'm making. Glad we agree. My comments stem from the very common dismissal of members of groups based on their group membership alone...

Uummm... if acknowledging the reality that groups stats are designed to describe groups and don't describe individuals as accurately as individual sta...

Fair enough, which is the standard Determinist view, I guess I'm not seeing the Compatibilism in your outlook, since by your own description there are...

Do you believe there is an element of randomness (or unpredictability) to the decision making process? Or does antecedent state A always lead to resul...

Now you're just trying too hard. (As you know) I never stated that individual data is always accessible. Merely that (when available) it's superior to...

While what you describe exists, it exists as a (minor, statistically) backlash against the pervasive huge advantage that the very attractive appearing...

You seem to agree that individuals being judged on their own merits (individual data) is superior to judging individuals based on their being a member...

Your commentary would make logical sense in cases where individual data doesn't exist (all you have to go on is group data). However, no thinking pers...

Oh I know that's what he's trying to say, problem is that because the difference between groups is smaller than the differences within groups, example...

Huh? Philosophy degrees need a statistics requirement. If I tell you that the Atlanta Braves team batting average in 2024 is .244 (the median in MLB),...

Definitely not. In my experience, somewhat attractive (beautiful) people are equally likely to be of high or low "goodness", compared to average and s...

You use "group" in your commentary, which is reasonable. My point was it isn't reasonable when group statistics are used on individuals. In just about...

Who cares why students who going to drop out of college, choose to spend their time while in the process of dropping out? Getting high, getting drunk,...

Oh, discrimination is not only not a negative, it's essential to human existance. Since in it's absence we'd treat each other identically ie we'd neve...

Obvious to you (and me), how about a sociopath? I think not.

I don't foresee US subgroups sharing between themselves at the scale required to abandon ownership.