On 11/28/2017 6:47 PM, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 at 11:52 am, Brent Meeker <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:On 11/28/2017 6:33 AM, Jason Resch wrote: > If you look at everything that motivates all human endeavors, it is > ultimately, all about realizing and maximizing good experiences while > avoiding and minimizing bad experiences. Mostly, but not entirely. People (especially parents) sacrifice for others.Parents sacrifice for their children because it gives them pleasure to see them doing well and distresses them to see them suffering.
Sure, and some sacrifice for children in Africa they'll never meet, because they like the idea of them suffering less. Or they contribute to scientific endeavors because they value the idea of increasing knowledge. But when you generalize "good experiences" to include thoughts about what experiences other have, then you need to consider that people also sacrifice maximize the bad experiences other people have, e.g. members of ISIL, out of revenge because they enjoy revenge. So "good experiences" pretty boils down to anything one can value.
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