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You could look at it from multiple sides. For example, if you are playing a first person shooter game, even knowing it is a game, you will want to win...
July 18, 2021 at 16:53
True if you assume ones existance end with the death of his body. We can equally assume that this life is a thrill-ride for the sole and we are reborn...
July 18, 2021 at 16:27
It completely depends on the moral framework you adopt. You can pick one, where it has no value or you could pick one where it is highly valuable. :) ...
July 18, 2021 at 15:38
The way I do it, at first I pick what kind of life I want to live and then construct a moral framework that supports it. At least I really can't think...
July 18, 2021 at 15:33
They don't need to. Moral framework is supposed to bind & blind people, not be factually accurate. For example, 100 vigilant Muslims who act in unison...
July 18, 2021 at 14:21
Sure. Ask 10 women, whom would they would like to mate with, a winner or a looser? Pretty much that's all nature cares about.
July 18, 2021 at 14:15
Probably the issue here is that what the nature sees as desirable is rather different from what we do. Nature favors the winners, while we want everyb...
July 18, 2021 at 12:40
Of course, the title was rhetorical. ) But don't we? Especially since logic is linked to the answers of those 3 questions, which at this point can not...
July 18, 2021 at 08:38
Certainly not. I was talking about stupid people voting for populists and them forcing others to live with the consequences.
March 27, 2021 at 13:16
then let us leave them to enjoy the consequences of their action. yet the problem is if they cause other people to suffer.
March 27, 2021 at 09:14
seems they can learn only when the consequences kick them in the butt. yet saving decent people from the decisions of stupid people might be a good id...
March 27, 2021 at 07:27