zematis

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   by zematis 10y ago

   You might be interested in experimental philosophy. It's where philosophers quiz people to probe at how common a given intuition is. There's ongoing debate regarding whether the results pose a problem for certain meta-ethical posi
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   by zematis 10y ago

   There's quite a bit of philosophical support behind the view that there are objective moral truths. See https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-realism/ for a not so brief overview. Also related is moral cog
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   by zematis 10y ago

   > ... I know this does not justify anything > ... wouldn't it be acceptable for humans to do the same? Edit: Re-reading your comment, I think this isn't a charitable interpretation. I'll assume that you don't think
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   by zematis 11y ago

   And the economic preduction. And the influx of wealth into underdeveloped countries. And all of the people not dying.
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   by zematis 11y ago

   As a counterpoint, you can do an absolutely absurd amount of good with this kind of money. With a salary of 250k, you could donate 150k to charity, and still be quite well off. I like to go by effectiveness estimates from www.givewell.org.
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   by zematis 11y ago

   Try spacemacs. https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/ It's an emacs configuration meant to be a hybrid of the best in emacs and vim. I'm a vim user of several years, and am just beginning to do some cloj