That's not a "clarify your view for me so I can understand it better" question. It's a rhetorical question--you immediately afterward give your answer. In other words you're presenting it as an argument, not as a question about my view.When would anyone feel good about their goals being inhibited? If they feel good about it, it's because they realized that it wasn't necessarily a goal of theirs. — Harry Hindu
How do you feel about your stuff being stolen? Wouldn't you feel wronged because you have the goal of keeping your stuff in your possession? — Harry Hindu
What you appear to be saying though is that at the moment they are prevented from carrying out the act they most certainly do feel wronged. — I like sushi
Suffering is universally “bad” by definition. — I like sushi
Basically, if an action that could cause betterment to the majority of people in the future though it causes the detriment of many people in the present, is that action good? — NuncAmissa
P.S. I keep on defining good and evil as moral terms. Is that what this discussion is about? — NuncAmissa
Do you “enjoy” to “suffer”? Come on now, really? — I like sushi
No. It was a question you should be asking yourself. You take a position and then, if you truly are objective and want the truth, you would question your position yourself and check to see if it is consistent with the rest of what you believe. I don't make distinctions between a rhetorical question and any other question. You should always be questioning what you know.That's not a "clarify your view for me so I can understand it better" question. It's a rhetorical question--you immediately afterward give your answer. In other words you're presenting it as an argument, not as a question about my view. — Terrapin Station
You and don't seem to understand how we make decisions.How about someone having a goal that was, unbeknownst to them likely to end in painful death. Let us say they wish swim in lava annd imagine it to be a pleasant warm experience. You stop them. You “inhibit” them. They then see someone else dive smiling into the lava and then watch them scream in tormented pain briefly before dying.
Do you think the person feels “wronged”? Obviously not. — I like sushi
War is not the optimal solution to any problem, so it is always wrong. — Devans99
I have not claimed to understand how I make decisions. If you know tell me please :smile: — I like sushi
You take a position and then . . .you would question your position yourself and check to see if it is consistent with the rest of what you believe. — Harry Hindu
Sure, — Harry Hindu
So no, they didn't have the goal you say they have — Harry Hindu
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