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How do you define precious? Would it be logically consistent to say "I'd like to stay alive, but I don't think I'm precious"?

• AstralStorm 10y ago
  I used the dictionary definition of "has high worth". The cutoff is indeed not defined. However, the logic should be consistent for any bounded cutoff. You could construct a system where everyone with lower than given value is subjected to some action. Given your (or societal) bounded knowledge you then cannot generalise because you are not omniscient. This means you get to evaluate everyone on their terms. This view is incompatible with stereotypes. Alternatively you just assign values by axiom, which will likely end up with a big and likely inconsistent philosophy, unreliable guide. Indeed egoism like this is a valid strategy but not an optimal one in absolute terms. (Tit for tat is stable instead over time.) A philosophy or strategy should be viable in the presence of a mixture of them.