Peter Singer's "drowning child" thought exp. ultimately relies on idea there is an objective hierarchy of suffering: http://bit.ly/SNdb2C
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@PhilosophyExp isn't that all utilitarianism? Doesn't there have to be some objective hierarchy of utility?
@SeekSecularism Complexity is that objective hiearchy might reference ostensibly subjective state (e.g., happiness; or suffering).
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@PhilosophyExp this tweet makes more sense to me if I replace "is" with "in." Is that representative of what you were saying? -
@PhilosophyExp It doesn't seem self evident to me that our subjective states SHOULD match this complexity. Unless it evolved to match it.
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@PhilosophyExp complexity of what? Reality?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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