Shout Box archive

22 Jun 03:36

John

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I think I degraded you into an object

22 Jun 03:35

John

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*Not which, who. Haha!

22 Jun 03:35

John

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If you didn't catch the question the first time. What is 'good', subjectively, to this person, which is you, named Amit?

22 Jun 03:34

John

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Hitler did what was good for him. If he thought he it was a bad idea, he wouldn't do it. I didn't say he was morally correct. It's just that it was subjectively good for him.

22 Jun 03:34

Amit Dutta

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Honestly, John. I don't have a fundamental definition of good that will work for everyone. I have one that might work for me, but that's all it applies to in any practical sense

22 Jun 03:33

Hobitt

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i think my cmos battery on the pc is dying...not good will have to replace it

22 Jun 03:33

John

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Nice loaded question.

22 Jun 03:33

John

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Did I say I do?

22 Jun 03:33

Amit Dutta

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I guess it's a good a place as any

22 Jun 03:33

Amit Dutta

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you'd go to a dictionary for your ethics?

22 Jun 03:33

Amit Dutta

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lord

22 Jun 03:32

John

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Of course I do. That's why I'm asking you what was your definition of "good". If I needed the defacto meaning, I'd ask a dictionary

22 Jun 03:32

Amit Dutta

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You really think for example Hitler or Gengis thought they were evil bad people. Bet you they didn't

22 Jun 03:31

Amit Dutta

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It's totally subjective though, right? you can see that?

22 Jun 03:31

John

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Is everything I do considered good? I'd say yes. Like everyone else. If it's a bad thing, why would anyone do it?

22 Jun 03:31

Amit Dutta

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At least I try to

22 Jun 03:31

Amit Dutta

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Yeah sure. trusting my gut doesn't mean I become a being solely operating on uncontrollable bodily impulse...but it does mean I discount a lot of the mental/emotiional bullshit that our minds make up just to fuck with us

22 Jun 03:30

John

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... I'm just being silly..

22 Jun 03:30

John

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I mean, you can't be simply running everything though gut. What if your gut tells you to shit on the streets because you really need to defecate? Haha!

22 Jun 03:28

Amit Dutta

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Yeah and I'm posing a question back to get you to think about your question :)

22 Jun 03:27

John

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Hey man, just asking questions. I guess I asked the wrong way then.

22 Jun 03:27

Amit Dutta

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we are talking about subjective things

22 Jun 03:27

Amit Dutta

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there is no absolute moral good or bad

22 Jun 03:27

Amit Dutta

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By whom?

22 Jun 03:27

Amit Dutta

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is everything you do considered good?

22 Jun 03:27

Amit Dutta

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You mistake action, for action with judgement

22 Jun 03:26

Hobitt

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interesting conversation

22 Jun 03:26

Amit Dutta

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My gut told me I should do it. I didn't make a judgement either way

22 Jun 03:26

John

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Or at least it seemed to be?

22 Jun 03:26

John

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Why is it a 'good' thing?

22 Jun 03:26

John

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You worded as if it was: "I joined because it seemed like a good thing to do"

22 Jun 03:26

Amit Dutta

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I did it, and i won. So what