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|    Jerry Buchanan to jojo    |
|    Re: There are degrees of goodness/badnes    |
|    21 Nov 25 13:18:08    |
      XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.atheism, alt.fun       XPost: alt.politics.democrats.d, talk.politics.guns       From: notgenx32@yahoo.com              On 11/21/2025 1:04 PM, jojo wrote:       > Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >> On 11/21/2025 12:23 PM, jojo wrote:       >>> Jerry Buchanan wrote:       >>>> On 11/21/2025 12:07 PM, jojo wrote:       >>>>> 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??       >>>>       >>>> You don't see that your equivocation game collapsed.       >>>       >>> so was that a good thing or a bad thing?       >>       >> It's a very good (high quality) thing.       >       > that was nice of you to decide.              I didn't decide anything. It is an objective fact that it is good (high       quality)       that your equivocation game collapsed, and that you realize it.              Are you aware that you're a really bad (low quality) troll? Or, is there a       Dunning-Kruger analogue here, in which you are too stupid to see that you're a       bad troll?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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