@willbuckingham @Meaningness Huemer's paper http://studiahumana.com/pliki/wydania/In%20Praise%20of%20Passivity.pdf … is similar but more convincing/more flattering to my preconceptions.
@shlevy @St_Rev @willbuckingham I think that might be an excellent way to write philosophy! Fiction is a better way to do ethics than theory
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@Meaningness@shlevy@St_Rev@willbuckingham on the other hand pointing to your OWN character who you made sure had good consequences... -
@drethelin@shlevy@St_Rev@willbuckingham Yeah, John Galt is an epic Mary Sue, whatever else can be said about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue
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@Meaningness@shlevy@willbuckingham Have to be a good ethicist & a good writer both. Ofc. ppl see writers they agree with as 'good'.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Meaningness@shlevy@St_Rev@willbuckingham Pointing to examples is often better than reasoning from first principles.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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