Yes, highly intelligent person can see more things about life, which will be too complex for a not so intelligent person, but this does not mean that he cannot solve them. In fact, and as I have already mentioned in this thread, his problem-solving ability is higher. (Remember: IQ is all about problem-solving.) Also a high IQ person has better understanding and can simplify things.The rationale is that a highly intelligent person is more likely (on account of being more intelligent) to see the complexity of life, more likely to see how complex problems in life are and thus, more likely to see how difficult it will be to solve them. — baker
I agree.However, a lot depends on the people one lives with and the resources one has available. — baker
I cannot say. I have no such examples in mind.for a highly intelligent person the lack of social input and resources that meaningfully respond to their complex understanding of the world will have a negative effect — baker
But it's you you have already mentioned to me earlier: "Superior IQs are associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests", etc. In fact you have brought up 3 references! (Re: https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/625535)there can be no proof that high IQ is connected to unhappiness per se. — baker
Yes, one can --and should! :smile:-- describe etchics on a purely rational basis. What you call "subjective" is that everyone has his own ethics, based on his views about the world, as well as mental conditions (from simple misunderstandings to severe mentel illnesses). However, almost every (sane) person would agree with basic ethics principles, e.g. it is unethical to intentionally steal, harm, suppress, invalidate, etc. other people. All these is based on rational thinking. They all refer to survival and well being.I think we want to describe ethics on rational foundations, but inherently its something purely subjective. — john27
Oh, certainly. Esp. in Chicago of the 30's! :grin: Killing was a pleasure. It must still be, I believe, for the Mafia. Here are some counterexamples for you! :grin:I have also explained why "an unethical person can never be happy."
— Alkis Piskas
I find it hard to believe that out of 7 billion people there are no counterexamples — Nicholas Mihaila
in a position of power.
— baker
:roll: — 180 Proof
Ethics have nothing to do with being a slave or a master. They have to do with survival end well-being. You are more well-off mentally and spiritually if your actions are ethical than if not. Ethics have to do with integrity. You cannot be happy --or at least have a clear consciousness-- if you have no integrity or when you are breaking that integrity. And integrity is for everyone: the slave and the master, the poor and the rich, loser or winner.What good are one's high morals and one's high principles, if one is otherwise a loser, a slave, defeated and downtrodden by others? — baker
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