Open Thread, April 2011

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It seems we have agreed that open threads will continue but that they will go in the Discussion section, so here's this month's thread.

So in other words you agree with Lovecraft that only egotism exists?

As I commented on What Would You Do Without Morality?:

I expect I'll keep on doing what I'm doing, which is trying to work out what I actually want. [...] So far I haven't lapsed into nihilist catatonia or killed everyone or destroyed the economy. This suggests that assuming a morality is not a requirement for not behaving like a sociopath. I have friends and it pleases me to be nice to them and I have a lovely girlfriend and a lovely three year old daughter who I spend most of my life's efforts on trying to bring up and on the prerequisites to that.

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Wha? There's no law of nature forcing all my goals to be egotistical. If I saw a kitten about to get run over by a train, I'd try to save it. The fact that insectoid aliens may not adore kittens doesn't change my values one bit.

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