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Author Topic:   God is evil if He has miracles and does not use them.
ringo
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Message 360 of 390 (756127)
04-15-2015 12:41 PM
Reply to: Message 359 by Stile
04-15-2015 12:26 PM


Re: Just a coffee
Stile writes:
I want a system of morality to govern my actions so that I can maximize helping other people and minimize hurting other people.
My personal reason matters a great deal for that.
It matters to you, not to anybody else - just like the kind of ice cream you eat doesn't matter to anybody else.
Stile writes:
I'm not interested in what society does.
Good to know, Charlie.
Stile writes:
You just redefined stakeholders....
How have I redefined stakeholders?
Stile writes:
If we do, however, use my system.. we should consult the victim and only the victim.
What about in the case of drugs, where the "victims" don't always agree that they're victims?

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 362 of 390 (756131)
04-15-2015 1:09 PM
Reply to: Message 361 by Stile
04-15-2015 12:59 PM


Re: Basic Foundation
Stile writes:
ringo writes:
That's why your own assessment of your behaviour has to be suspect.
I agree completely with this statement. It's precisely what my system is designed to prevent.
How can you eliminate individual biases by emphasising individual opinions?
Stile writes:
Objective in what sense?
Objective in the sense that a group of people is more likely to be "right" than an individual.
Stile writes:
What if society doesn't want to maximize helping people vs. minimizing hurting people?
Then society is "right".
Stile writes:
What if society wants to prioritize society's survival at all costs?
Then society is "right".
Stile writes:
What if society thinks rape victims are required as sacrifice to the Gods to keep the economy running?
Then society is "right".
Stile writes:
Wouldn't that be introducing society's own bias into the situation?
I suppose you could say that each society has its own "group bias" - but the word "bias" loses its meaning if you claim that everybody has the same bias.
Stile writes:
How can you tell if society is "more objective" or not?
A group is by definition more objective than an individual.

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
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Message 365 of 390 (756134)
04-15-2015 1:18 PM
Reply to: Message 363 by Stile
04-15-2015 1:09 PM


Re: Just a coffee
Stile writes:
I just described that what matters to me is helping other people in whatever way they describe that as such.
I'm talking about figuring out what matters to "everybody else."
What matters to everybody else is how everybody else treats other people. If your individual ideas are to treat people better than the average, that's nice. If your individual ideas are to treat people worse than the average, then society is going to have a problem with you. Otherwise, your individual ideas don't matter.
Stile writes:
If someone wants to judge for themselves that they would rather accept the negative consequences for whatever positive conditions they get in return... who am I to tell them they shouldn't be allowed to do drugs?
So you never decide for somebody whether he's a victim or not?

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
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Message 366 of 390 (756135)
04-15-2015 1:22 PM
Reply to: Message 364 by Stile
04-15-2015 1:15 PM


Re: Basic Foundation
Stile writes:
I'm not eliminating the bias.
I'm saying that their bias is the only one that matters.
But Charles Manson's bias is the problem, not the solution. That's why it's important to eliminate individual biases. Since you admit that you're not eliminating bias, your system fails drastically.

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 369 of 390 (756209)
04-16-2015 11:50 AM
Reply to: Message 367 by Stile
04-15-2015 2:00 PM


Re: Just a coffee
Stile writes:
Of course my individual ideas don't matter to anyone else who doesn't care about helping people and not hurting them.
It has nothing to do with wanting to help people or not hurt them. Other people can want to help people and not hurt them without caring in the least about your ideas. Your ideas don't matter to anybody but you.

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
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Message 370 of 390 (756210)
04-16-2015 11:53 AM
Reply to: Message 368 by Stile
04-15-2015 2:02 PM


Re: Basic Foundation
Stile writes:
ringo writes:
Since you admit that you're not eliminating bias, your system fails drastically.
Then it should be easy for you to describe a simple scenario or example where this happens.
Been there, done that. The guy who thinks he's being victimized by the gas company is biased. You want to base your actions on his complaint - i.e. you want to back his refusal to pay his gas bill.

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 374 of 390 (756497)
04-21-2015 11:39 AM
Reply to: Message 372 by Stile
04-20-2015 1:50 PM


Re: Basic Foundation
Stile writes:
I do not back the man's refusal to pay his gas bill.
I simply back that this man gets to decided if what the gas company is doing to him is good or bad.
But his opinion of "good" or "bad" is completely empty if it has no effect on the outcome.
Stile writes:
On the course of punishment (here: not paying the gas bill), I've already agreed with you that such things should not be determined by the one affected by the action. I've already agreed that 3rd party is better in this scenario.
So you agree that your system doesn't work in this scenario. How is that not a failure?

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
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Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 375 of 390 (756499)
04-21-2015 11:43 AM
Reply to: Message 373 by Stile
04-20-2015 1:57 PM


Re: Just a coffee
Stile writes:
ringo writes:
Other people can want to help people and not hurt them without caring in the least about your ideas. Your ideas don't matter to anybody but you.
Of course they don't, who says they should?
That doesn't change my proposed argument that my system is the best way to prioritize helping people and not hurting them.
If other people can want to help people and not hurt them without using your system, what's the benefit of your system?

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 379 of 390 (756596)
04-23-2015 11:47 AM
Reply to: Message 377 by Stile
04-22-2015 10:17 AM


Re: Basic Foundation
Stile writes:
ringo writes:
So you agree that your system doesn't work in this scenario. How is that not a failure?
Why would you think that?
Huh? It doesn't work and you ask why I call it a failure? If you had a car that only ran on Tuesdays, would you call that a success?
Stile writes:
How many other people are the gas company affecting with the same action?
Are all people saying that the gas company is being bad to them?
You can't call something a success by only looking at the successes. You're proposing a "better" method, so you'd have to show that your system has a better success-failure rate than the existing system.
Stile writes:
The point is not to sweep this one person under the rug.
Nobody is suggesting sweeping him under the rug but your system seems to suggest giving inordinate weight to his (in this case) ridiculous complaint.

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
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Message 380 of 390 (756597)
04-23-2015 11:52 AM
Reply to: Message 378 by Stile
04-22-2015 10:20 AM


Re: Just a coffee
Stile writes:
If the other people's system is better (better at prioritizing helping and not hurting others), then I would dump my system and take up that one. If mine's better, then I'd keep mine.
It isn't all about you. It doesn't matter what you individually do.
Stile writes:
The point of this idea is to follow the moral priority: help others and don't hurt them as much as possible.
That's what society does. But they don't necessarily do it, as you suggest, by picking a side. They don't just decide that slaves don't like being slaves so slavery must be absolutely bad.

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 383 of 390 (756831)
04-28-2015 12:44 PM
Reply to: Message 381 by Stile
04-28-2015 11:47 AM


Re: Basic Foundation
Stile writes:
Are you saying that 1 person that is not happy is a "failure" when a gas company services 1000s of people?
Under your system, that one person would be the determining factor in the gas company's policy; essentially, people would pay what they chose to pay. That's why your system fails in the real world.
Stile writes:
Then... you're saying the current system is equally a failure?
It doesn't matter if the current system is a failure or not. If you want to propose a "better" system, you have to demonstrate that your system would work better.
Stile writes:
I'm calling it a success because it successfully identifies when someone is being hurt, and when someone is being helped.
But being "helped" and being "hurt' are not absolutes. One man's help is another man's hurt - and you're proposing that we follow the whims of the people least likely to be objective about it.
Stile writes:
My system suggests to recognize that someone is hurt when they say that they are hurt.
How is that "inordinate weight"?
So when somebody complains that he's being victimized by the gas company or the Mafia, you don't plan to give any weight to his complaint at all? You can't resolve the issue without giving weight to the complaint but your system is based strictly on the complainant, isn't it?

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 384 of 390 (756832)
04-28-2015 12:48 PM
Reply to: Message 382 by Stile
04-28-2015 11:53 AM


Re: Just a coffee
Stile writes:
That's exactly why my system is designed to let other people decide when they are hurt or helped.
But you're letting the wrong people decide, the people with the vested interest. And you're ignoring the fact that most issues have two or more vested interests that are at odds with each other. You're arbitrarily picking a side.
Stile writes:
If society does exactly what I say they do... why do you have an issue with what I say?
You really have to make up your mind. Does society use your system or are you proposing a better system?

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ringo
Member (Idle past 443 days)
Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
Joined: 03-23-2005


Message 387 of 390 (756836)
04-28-2015 1:30 PM
Reply to: Message 386 by Stile
04-28-2015 1:27 PM


Re: Just a coffee
Stile writes:
ringo writes:
You really have to make up your mind.
What you quoted wasn't about the state of my mind, it was about the state of yours...
My mind is trying to make sense of what your mind is saying. Which is it? Are you describing the way society does it or are you proposing a better method?

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ringo
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Posts: 20940
From: frozen wasteland
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Message 388 of 390 (756838)
04-28-2015 1:32 PM
Reply to: Message 385 by Stile
04-28-2015 1:26 PM


Re: Basic Foundation
Stile writes:
First it's an inordinate amount of weight, next it's none at all...
Perhaps you should assume less and read more.
Perhaps you should try to be clearer. Are you proposing that we should base our decisions on the complainant's complaint?

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