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Can we suffer without suffering harm?
I may be missing a nuance, but if harm is something externally imposed on someone that creates suffering, then the entire class of mental disorders qualifies as suffering without harm. Being depressed ...
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Why is it reasonable to believe that the world will continue to exist after I die?
Others here argue that you should infer based on the permanence of the universe based on the universe persisting after the death of others, and therefore it seems unlikely that it will cease to ...
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Why is it reasonable to believe that the world will continue to exist after I die?
It is reasonable to believe for two plausible reasons, namely:
The world has survived the death of billions of other people, so why should your death be any different?
There is no current theory in ...
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Why is it reasonable to believe that the world will continue to exist after I die?
Wikipedia
Reason is the capacity of applying logic consciously by drawing
conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking
the truth.
So,
If the existing information regarding ...
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Why is it reasonable to believe that the world will continue to exist after I die?
It all hinges on whether you are in any objective way substantially different from others. Although it’s hard to compare two minds in any rigorous way, it’s easy enough to compare bodies.
Slice into ...
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Why is it reasonable to believe that the world will continue to exist after I die?
If the universe is contingent on your existence, how did this come about? Did you arrive into a mental simulation? Will it switch off when you die? This is solipsism. You can reasonably infer that the ...
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Are some narratives worse than death?
Kant's narrative of radical evil, as contrasted with diabolical evil, might be read along such a line. He says that we empirical human beings are capable of radical but not diabolical evil, since the ...
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Are some narratives worse than death?
Many people judge their end-of-life suffering to be worse than death. This has led some jurisdictions to allow for medical assistance in dying. The Supreme Court of Canada even concluded that ...
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