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|    jojo to Jerry Buchanan    |
|    Re: There are degrees of goodness/badnes    |
|    21 Nov 25 20:07:15    |
      XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.atheism, alt.fun       XPost: alt.politics.democrats.d, talk.politics.guns       From: f00@0f0.00f              Jerry Buchanan wrote:       > On 11/21/2025 11:19 AM, jojo wrote:       >> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>> On 11/21/2025 10:57 AM, jojo wrote:       >>>> Clave wrote:       >>>>> If a storm breaks off a tree limb, and the limb hits the       >>>>> corner of your roof and takes off some of the eave and       >>>>> gutter, that's bad. If the limb crashes entirely through       >>>>> your roof and lands in the living room, that's worse.       >>>>> Goodness and badness – as practical consequences, not       >>>>> morality — occur along a spectrum. If you get an estimate       >>>>> for an automotive repair of $500, and it only ends up       >>>>> costing you $400, that's good. If it only ends up costing       >>>>> you $200, that's better, i.e. "more good."       >>>>>       >>>>> Morality is not like that. If you steal one tool (rake,       >>>>> shovel) from the side of your neighbor's house, that's       >>>>> wrong. If you steal all the tools, that's wrong, and it is       >>>>> not "more wrong" than stealing only one. Stealing all of       >>>>> them is a worse *practical* outcome for the neighbor, but       >>>>> either action is just wrong.       >>>>       >>>> so you're saying mortality is independent of goodness or       >>>> badness?       >>>       >>> I'm not saying anything about mortality, idiot.       >>>       >>> You attempted to equivocate on goodness/badness. I stopped you.       >>       >> so it is dependent on goodness and badness?       >       > You're attempting to equivocate again. It won't work again.              i see, too bad.. or good??              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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