LobYonder t1_j9jpomi wrote
"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"
Yes it's an old joke, but relevant. Reasoning is inherently based on analogy and abstraction. I would claim "what ifs" are necessary to form any sort of world view or philosophical position. The fact that context can change our view of the correct answer is interesting but does not defeat the purpose of the question. Arguing about which context is most relevant is just where it starts to get interesting.
SooooooMeta t1_j9l0g9a wrote
One of the things philosophy is often searching for is a principle that works over a broad range of circumstances. You need to try a lot of situations, including edge cases, to see if it holds up as one might intend. This is going to require hypotheticals to fill in gaps in the real world data.
IAmNotAPerson6 t1_j9kg2qj wrote
Wow, the only good response to this issue I've seen, thank you lol
loki_cometh t1_j9m3v3f wrote
You articulated it before and better than I could.
Wishingwings t1_j9nzv4r wrote
Definately, but are we sure that dividing every answer in two version is not more adequate?
(Math is already showing this in a lot of ways)
Take the question: “is it okay to hide the truth?”
Imagine a young child being brought up by a widow. It would be significantly impactful to share said truth about the death of the father with the child so young in their life. It would be morally more acceptable to hide the bitterness in this truth from the child untill it is ready.
Now imagine that your best friend saw your partner cheat, and did not tell you about it. Years go on and once you find out about it the entire house of cards collapses.
I think to truthfully say whether answers are of dichotomous nature, we must first answer whether the people we become as we mature are truly us, because they often answer very different to questions than te people we were. While children are individuals, adults are far more cooperative and considerate.
So, what is an individual? Is it defined by who we are becoming as a species, or the way people are born? I think its the nature of how this development expresses itself which shows one of the most troubling characteristics of a human, to sacrifice who you are means to be able to permanently lie to yourself. How is then another adult on this page viable to discuss anything?
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Solaced_Tree t1_j9kqr08 wrote
Ahh so you're just messing. Glad you could clarify for us, sometimes it's hard to filter out the BS responses but you made sure we knew
Sulfamide t1_j9lo2ro wrote
The edit really elevated the comment from stupid to amusing.
Bjd1207 t1_j9lhzc5 wrote
> Most don't have the stomach for it.
If "it" means more comments like this and people like you, then I absolutely don't have the stomach for it.
minion_is_here t1_j9lx6yw wrote
Lmao This is a great comment. I swear people take silly internet forums way too fucking seriously
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