On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 10:31:31 AM UTC+10, Brent wrote: > > On 6/12/2012 4:40 PM, Pierz wrote: > > I didn't say that we would all turn into self-deniers concerned only to > help others. I said we would achieve an optimal moral society. Such a > society would always bear in mind the absolute equality of all subjects > (not in the 'royal subject' sense!), with each person knowing their actions > are received by none other than themselves. The best moral action would be > the selfish action, seen from the perspective of the entire self rather > than the fragmentary self. Imagine you share an island with a person for > one year, and you know that the next year, you will become the other person > on the island at the start of the same year again - ie, you will experience > everything from their perspective. How will it change the way you behave? > > > So does this universal person include dogs? apes? spiders? rocks? > Well of course it must include all minds, which means dogs, apes and spiders. Rocks? Who knows? If rocks possess any sentience I very much doubt it has any moral bearing.
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