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1411.
by trashtester 8y ago
Yes, its basically the same principle. Though I think we can never truely understand all aspects of society, just like you probably can't simultaneously understand everything that happens within a modern computer. Even if you have the
1412.
by trashtester 8y ago
Well put. Especially the last part. "empathy" when used by certain groups, especially SJWs, can assume an almost religous ideal, very similar to "faith" used by Christians or Moslims. For religous people, experiencing do
1413.
by trashtester 8y ago
Those make good reasons under most circumstances, especially in civilized societies. In other societies, the conditions can be the opposite. In societies without an effective police force, the norm is that an honor culture develops, where a
1414.
by trashtester 8y ago
tit-for-tat is an optimal (and Nash Equillibrium) strategy for recurring prioner's dilemma if you don't how many games you will play. If you know the number of games, or it is the last game, always-defect is the Nash Equillibrium.
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by trashtester 8y ago
It was a response to the first sentence. I happen to think that in many ways, the western world has actually moved in the right direction under christianity. You present the existence of theft and murder as a boolean yes/no situation.
1416.
by trashtester 8y ago
I have a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old. 1/2 a meal or even a meal is just a situation that requires actual parenting. But the shift from the norm (the stress) is enough to give a faint idea about what a serious situation hunger can be. E
1417.
by trashtester 8y ago
People are never satisfied. Murder in particular has declined dramatically over the last centuries. There are some exceptions, though, such as Stalin's USSR, Hitler's Germany and Mao's China. They each killed many, many milli
1418.
by trashtester 8y ago
As an atheist, I'm not saying that religious values are somehow the ideal. Also, I'm not saying that religious values come from God or are somehow immutable. However, if we look at different societies, some work better than others
1419.
by trashtester 8y ago
I partly agree, though I don't think the actual ultimate goals are "chosen" in any free way. Instead, I think they for the most part have evolved through natural selection (most of them by genes, but some by memes). Direct pu
1420.
by trashtester 8y ago
I'm curious: What "first assumptions" do refer to as "very basic"? Also, for the final paragraph: Your theory of religion seems to be based on intelligent design. I think it is more accurate (and less prone to consp
1421.
by trashtester 8y ago
I don't know. From my point of view, it seems that empathy-oriented morality tends to divide people into an in-group (worthy of empathy) and an out-group(not worthy). In a situation where there is a perceived conflict of interest betwe
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by trashtester 8y ago
Why is it wrong to murder a man? Does the statement hold under all conditions? For instance, say that a single man legally controls all food in an isolated village, and he is not willing to share. Maybe he is a disgusting man that nobody li
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by trashtester 8y ago
Empathy is part of agreeableness, one of 5 "big" personality traits. It is perhaps the biggest predictor that a person has a left-leaning political view. In the article, communits party workers were listed as the first group to lo
1424.
by trashtester 8y ago
Why is it wrong to kill another man? I claim that most atheist that think they know the answer to this question, base it on a naive understanding of their own underlying value system. (PS. I'm also an atheist)
1425.
by trashtester 9y ago
It could (and has been) argued that the welfare state is the continuation of feudal society by different means.
1426.
by trashtester 9y ago
It is. On the other hand, companies like Google/Facebook/MS/Apple have such huge profit margins that a conviction will be but a speed bump, and given that their business model is based on the data regulated by GDPR to such a