Tuesday 25 July 2017

Potential People

Potential people have moral worth. Their lives should be allowed to exist.

Practically, those who exist carry more weight. Some of the reasons for this are end's based, as it is the strength of our current social systems and the ethics which influence them which determines which potential people will come into being. Some of these are practical, recognition of the fact that practical ethics must depart from ideals in order to be workable. (LINK TO "YOU SHOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT IS GOOD IS GOOD./GOOD IS SUBOPTIMALITY")

The is an explanation for the problem of evil. If a god does exist, it would make all potential people exist. Some potential people are evil or only come about as a result of evil.

Alternate explanation: Evil is not real. It's mocked/stubbed. i.e: When I see a child suffering, it's actually just a facsimile without conscious internal processes.

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