Bruno Marchal wrote:
> > It might seem > > that there would be some consensus, for example that torturing > > innocent people > > is an example of "bad", but it is possible to assert without fear of > > logical or > > empirical contradiction that torturing innocent people is good. > > I disagree. Mainly for the reason alluded above. Please note I > understand that there is no purely logical contradiction (f) in > asserting that "torture" is good, but the purely logical operates at > the third person level, in which there is no "pain" at all. Once you > take incompleteness into account this should be much less evident, and > much more fuzzy. There is nothing illogical with an altimeter (in a > plane) giving a wrong information (like the plane is at altitude = > 1000, instead of the correct 500), but you can understand this can lead > to a catastrophe. Assuming catastrophes are bad. But that hardly show that falsehood and evil are identical, or even co-extensive. There can be good falsehood (comforting illusions) and ills that have nothing to do with falsehood. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
