Cookie Thread Act 3: The Cookie Strikes Back

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#18981

I have run hundreds upon hundreds of red lights

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#18982

tempted to skip these questions for the cat ones but
uh
may mess with quiz results

#18983

the question writer has never heard of secondhand smoke

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#18984

god these moral philosophy questions remind me of my ex

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#18985

smoking does hurt other people what

#18986

does anyone actually find the idea of eating porridge disgusting? id hope not, they’d be very spoiled

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#18987

there was a kid who ate bugers in front of me during lunch
god that was disgusting

#18988

anyway it’s not morally wrong to exclusively harm yourself. let people do what they want

#18989

My body my property so never

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#18990

i protect people’s rights to be stupid in matters that affect only them

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#18991

No.
If you only harm yourself (and intend to harm yourself) i don’t think it’s morally wrong.

#18992

is it a good idea? no. is it morally correct to allow other people to harm themselves when you could prevent it. probably not? but is it morally wrong to harm yourself? i don’t see how it could be

#18993

Good. There really doesn’t seem to be much wrong with those responses. It’s entirely possible you’re going to do well here.

ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN WITH “ENTIRELY POSSIBLE”

#18994

Life is cruel. If you can’t take the heat, then . . .

#18995

i think you should bring up all of our talking points during your class

#18996

mmmmmmmmmm
no

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#18997

It was established that we need to take this statements as a face-value and not bring real-world examples.

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#18998

Scenario 1: A Son’s Promise

We’re now going to present you with three scenarios, and get you to answer two questions about each. As you’ll notice, we’re not asking you to make moral judgements here about the events that are depicted in these scenarios. Rather we want to know whether you think any harm occurred and also about how the events make you feel - whether they make you feel “uncomfortable” or “bothered” or “disgusted”.

Carl Bianchi’s mother was very ill. On her deathbed she asked him to promise that he would visit her grave at least once a week. Carl didn’t want to disappoint his mother, so he promised that he would. But after his mother died, he didn’t keep his promise. He was too busy. He didn’t tell anyone about his promise, and he has never felt guilty for failing to do as he said he would.

a) Was anybody harmed by the fact that Carl failed to keep the promise he made to his mother on her deathbed?

Yes
No

b) Would it have bothered you or made you feel uncomfortable to have watched Carl promising his mother that he’d visit her grave at least once a week if you knew perfectly well that he wouldn’t keep his promise?

Yes
No

#18999

particularly my vehement hatred of peter singer

#19000

during the discussion post i literally wrote “too expensive”