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Every new thing you do in life is the right thing. Sorry, couldn't disagree more. To take an extreme example, I could go out and rape or murder someone, which
by ryanwaggoner 16y ago
Every new thing you do in life is the right thing.
Sorry, couldn't disagree more. To take an extreme example, I could go out and rape or murder someone, which I've never done before. But that's definitely not the right thing. Decisions have consequences, and should be weighed accordingly. I agree that we should always be seeking to expand our horizons, to experience new things, to grow as individuals. And I have. But if that lust for novelty is your only moral compass, you're in for a rough ride.
- maxklein 16y agoMorality aside, murdering someone is a new experience that you will likely learn a lot from. Of course, there are highly negative consequences that you would not want to deal with. And of course, you are hurting other people...literary. If you decide to murder someone, then you have to agree to support the decisions of your past self.
- derefr 16y agoHorrible strawman—though, in theory, you "could" go out and rape or murder someone, there is likely no you from the current you whose biological processes would predetermine those actions (or, in simpler terms, "you don't have it in you.") You can't get there from here—you wouldn't allow yourself to start. On the other hand, everywhere that you can go, every you you can be without you evaluating you-prime negatively, you should become.
- ryanwaggoner 16y agothere is likely no you from the current you whose biological processes would predetermine those actions ... every you you can be without you evaluating you-prime negatively, you should become. Not really grasping how choice plays into your view of reality. Am I predetermined through biological processes, or do I have a choice to become the things I should become?