Why compassion is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, stupid, useless, wrong foundation for ethics. https://meaningness.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/traditional-buddhism-has-no-ethical-system/#compassion …
@elbowspeak @vgr Granting that for the sake of the argument, it does not seem to address most of the objections I raised?
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@Meaningness@vgr Empathy has no inherent value vector. It’s a putative motivation for action once Y has “empathized” w/ X’s experience. 1/2 -
@Meaningness@vgr Compassion has the inherent value vector of alleviating human suffering, i.e. improving human welfare. 2/2
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@Meaningness@vgr I’ll address in depth when not on my phone :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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