@VesselOfSpirit people act as though it's better to avoid harming others than to benefit others without permission except wrt creating life
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky@VesselOfSpirit you can never harm a person by creating him.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @AvengingRedHand
@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky i think harm is a bad concept here1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky relevant questions 1. does the universe become worse, 2. does it violate some sort of right1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky i don't think people have a general right not to be harmed1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky i do think we should avoid making the universe worse, e.g. by filling it with suffering people3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MikeAnissimov
@MikeAnissimov@VesselOfSpirit@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky I have nothing but contempt for a morality whose sole criterion is 'pain bad'1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MikeAnissimov
@MikeAnissimov@AvengingRedHand@sarahdoingthing@asilentsky that is a very specific variant of utilitarianism. also contempt is no argument1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@MikeAnissimov @AvengingRedHand @sarahdoingthing @asilentsky (in particular, it is not a variant of utilitarianism i was advocating)
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