It’s crazy how many position we came up with when talking about sports and how it ultimately led to creating a military because of conflicts with other cities #ewp22
@JuliaMarie007 I think so too, Patrone said that we still have morals in a society without government, civil organization, and laws but I think some of our morals are from laws that we have #ewp22
@hailie_phelps I thought the same thing, I just thought when they constructed the streets of manhattan that they were just being smart about how it was configured, but they actually had influence from the Piraeus #ewp22
It’s crazy how ancient Greeks contradicted themselves. The ancient Greeks had a festive for a god that wasn’t originally in their culture because the liked the idea of what you did during it, but years before sentenced Socrates to death because he invented a new god… #ewp22
@Hartlieb_Monica When he first presented the experience machine dilemma I was against the idea because it seemed sketchy… then him telling us we would be stuck in that coffin forever I didn’t want to get in it even more #ewp22
I like Kants take on morality to a certain extent, it seems like a good choice for some scenarios, but when it comes to lies it’s doesn’t seem like that big of a deal to lie in some cases, you’re not really stripping that person of their autonomy you’re just being cordial #ewp22
When it comes to topics like slavery and whether it was bad or not I 100% agree with Kant in that you should automatically deem it bad instead of a utilitarian view of using hedonic calculus #ewp22
@rf_nate I thought the same thing, even though he might have advertised it as a great machine that makes your life better, the fact that you don't actually have normal interactions with real people and you just leave your family behind is extremely unappealing. #ewp22
After our discussion about Nozick’s experience machine no matter how many features you add to it to make it seem real and better than actually life, the fact that it isn’t totally authentic doesn’t sit right with me. #ewp22
I’m confused by what an utilitarian considers to be a right action. Because if it’s something that’s good for ourselves mentally and physically, wouldn’t they say that doing drugs is bad because in the long run it would be bad for us and not a right action anymore? #ewp22
I personally feel there is no better way in the “God Committee case” to choose the recipients by thinking about prior medical history of each person. In the scenario we did in class, I would never really think about financial contribution to society #ewp22
I keep trying to think of scenarios where altruism is actually true but can’t… there aren’t any situations where you don’t personally benefit whether #ewp22