And for some people, meaning comes from science too. People can be very passionate about understanding our world and our nature.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29
Yes but passion for knowledge not same as motivation for meaningful human good - nazi doctor's human experiments?
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Replying to @theasefountain @Intrinsic29
People can find good and bad things meaningful, yes. These can be related to a passion for knowledge or not.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @theasefountain
You also have to define what you mean by "good," "bad," "meaningful," etc. before you can talk about them and definitions entail premises.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @theasefountain
Yes. As a humanist, I find Nazi experiments bad. Eugenicists find them good.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29
So we reject moral relativism then (I hope) because one is clearly good and the other clearly bad...
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Replying to @theasefountain @Intrinsic29
I think so, yes, because my premise is that individual human wellbeing matters. Others disagree & we need to show why they're wrong.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29
This is why I suggested JP interview - in it he addresses this very powerfully from evolutionary perspective
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Replying to @theasefountain @Intrinsic29
I don't have much confidence in him. He tends to talk a lot of obscure weirdness about religion, gender & truth.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29
He rewards close engagement. He is absolutely for each individual as intrinsically valuable and important
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OK, I agree with him on free speech. I just prefer not to listen to him too much generally.
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