Am I a dualist? No. I wasn’t sure how serious a question that was and also didn’t want to lose track of the subject in a tangent, or at least an uninteresting tangent. — praxis
And you had already seemingly lost track of the subject, which isn't about computers. — S
What do you mean an aesthetic assessment?
Of course we can work to condition ourselves for various objectives but since we’re talking about morality we might assume that I was referring to the morality relevant sort. — praxis
For someone who feels that morals are a matter of preference and who claims to have no beliefs concerning God, you sure do like to argue your points regarding morals and God; which are rather empty, nihilistic, egocentric, and altogether revolting to anyone with a heart. Why do you do philosophy? It seems you would be happier as a serial killer or a baby-puncher. — Noah Te Stroete
You do not understand how science works, do you? — Merkwurdichliebe
Oh, that’s right. You don’t make affirmative claims. You just point out the flaws in others’ arguments. Anyone can do what you do on this forum. — Noah Te Stroete
there would be nothing wrong with that. — S
It is all you do here that I’ve seen, and it’s not doing philosophy. — Noah Te Stroete
But isn't the vicarious sense of victory when "your" team wins a continuation of this primitive negation, through substitution, of self-identity? More important, doesn't representative government satisfy that serf's perspective? — TheSageOfMainStreet
My point in this tangent is that I was wondering what the evidence was for "At a physical level, morality is not a unified concept yet free-will seems to be" — Terrapin Station
What evidence is there that this is not the case? This question is much more important. — Merkwurdichliebe
Read more closely and you mayg realize that what I mean by "serf's perspective" is the opposite of direct democracy, which would be "Serfs Up!" — TheSageOfMainStreet
My use of "serf's perspective" is a condemnation of those who surrender their political identity because others, who impose a republic on them, force them, by devious methods of thought control, into lacking the confidence to assert their will. — TheSageOfMainStreet
Those who preach the scare stories of "mob rule" and "tyranny of the majority" want to impose snob rule and the tyranny of a self-appointed vanguard. — TheSageOfMainStreet
I have independently concluded that all republics are elitist, decadent, and insulting to their own citizens. — TheSageOfMainStreet
Then, let's agree. We can make no empirical claims — Merkwurdichliebe
My point in this tangent is that I was wondering what the evidence was for "At a physical level, morality is not a unified concept yet free-will seems to be" — Terrapin Station
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