I am in favour of the rights of the individual but this is intuitive rather than logical. So its not objectively morally right.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I don't think it's intuitive because we are individuals.
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Replying to @toxicpath
Then explain logically why its better to preserve one person than save six?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
because you can't decrease the well-being of one person to increase that of others.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
it is a logical argument if you define morality as avoiding decreases, or maximizing well-being of individuals
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Replying to @toxicpath
But you have to justify logically why that is the best premise.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I'm pretty sure now the problem is approaching this like physics and not like biology, which it is after all.
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Replying to @toxicpath
I have no physics. Arguing for maximising well-being and different perspectives on this.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
we argue that maximizing well-being is a better goal. That's all you need to do.
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But we'd have to accept different perspectives on this exist and we need to argue for them.
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