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  1. Inept At Normal

    Ethical Systems?

    Well, see, that's the point. Sure, in this situation if you chose egoism and we chose altruism, you'd be guaranteed to live. However, as Music Dragon (the most beautiful man in the world) proceeds to say, cooperation is the name of the game. If you choose egoism, we're inspired to choose egoism...
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    Ethical Systems?

    Excellent point, thanks for elaborating. I have a rather single-track mind today. You've got me orgasmicly squeeing with inspiration right now, for all it's worth.
  3. Inept At Normal

    Ethical Systems?

    My bad. Let me rephrase. Say, um, opaltiger put us in this situation. She is going to randomly choose one of the three of us and use our answer to decide what person(s) to kill. If she chooses someone who decides to be altruistic, that one will die and the other two will live. If she chooses...
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    Ethical Systems?

    But, see, the point of altruistic theories is that if it makes the world a heck of a lot safer. If we imagine a double blind scenario between you and I where one of us has to decide to either save our life or the other's, the egoist philosophy works fine. However, if we add another person into...
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    Ethical Systems?

    But, uh, isn't that sort of dick-ish? And doesn't it defeat the entire point of ethical systems in the first place? If millions of people are willing to kill millions of others to save themselves and only themselves, can't the world just go to hell because of one person's selfishness? Don't get...
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    Ethical Systems?

    What if, say, you are put in a situation where either you die or the entire population of Shanghai dies (but no one else knows it is you who made this decision, so you won't be held responsible or put or death)? Would you see it as ethical to save yourself over all those people?
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    Ethical Systems?

    Considering we're all pretty much atheists, how do you respond to the fundamentalist's 'hurrr you have no moral compass'? Me, personally? Rule utilitarianism.
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