But then he is mad at his friend for smoking and being all YOLO because V. claims the friend damages V's own value!
Velleman: we respect agents because of their Kantian dignity/rationality, and we can't trade off our sacred value to e.g. stop our suffering
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But how can anyone's actions damage the value of Kantian dignity/rationality if the reason we think it's important is determined by logic?
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@sarahdoingthing 'Dignity' is an anticoncept. -
@St_Rev eh I'm desperate for anti-suicide arguments and this is the only non-religious one going, pretty much - 12 more replies
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@antidemblog@St_Rev not to mention our savage tort system, which puts dollar values on life all the time ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@antidemblog@St_Rev why are permanent solutions bad?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@antidemblog@St_Rev having a baby is irreversible, so are lots of moral decisions!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@antidemblog it has to be something other than irreversibility about suicide, b/c lots of things are irreversible & still must be weighedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@GabrielDuquette@antidemblog oh apotemnophilia, we meet again...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@antidemblog@St_Rev problem is this ignores the cost/benefit analysis - costs of staying alive can be HUGE compared to EV of poss. solution -
@sarahdoingthing@antidemblog It's ugly and nearly impossible to work out in practice but it has the advantage of not being a fucking lie - 4 more replies
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