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Reply to comment by LobYonder in Thought experiments claim to use our intuitive responses to generate philosophical insights. But these scenarios are deceptive. Moral intuitions depend heavily on context and the individual. by IAI_Admin
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.
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