FreshEclairs

FreshEclairs t1_j47mahv wrote

Reply to comment by EducatorBig6648 in Life can’t be reduced to a rulebook. But committing to certain moral principles can help us navigate life better. by IAI_Admin

I already pointed out an obvious inconsistency: the concept of danger is predicated on some want/need.

An aside: when I was posting that I thought to myself “why even get involved with someone who is going to turn out to be a total crank?”

I don’t think you’re trolling.

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FreshEclairs t1_j47d1rd wrote

Reply to comment by EducatorBig6648 in Life can’t be reduced to a rulebook. But committing to certain moral principles can help us navigate life better. by IAI_Admin

>"Flaws" are yet another myth, "imperfection" and "perfection" are two sides of the same myth.

Fine, call them inconsistencies.

>"Your" parked car can be at threat of getting hit by a runaway bus. Does your car have a "need' for not-hit-by-bus-ness?

The only reason that's a danger/threat (and not the same thing as two air molecules bumping into one another) is because I want/need my car, and the people on the bus want/need to not be in an accident.

You're trying to build a philosophical system that has no internal consistency.

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FreshEclairs t1_j4781uo wrote

Reply to comment by EducatorBig6648 in Life can’t be reduced to a rulebook. But committing to certain moral principles can help us navigate life better. by IAI_Admin

There’s a lot of flaws here, IMO.

One example: you list danger as a real thing, but necessity/need as an imaginary thing.

Isn’t the existence of danger predicated on the existence of some need?

If my need for survival is imaginary, how can a threat to it be real?

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