how many do yall have
I realized I had been alone for too long when someone told me that Feb 14th was a holiday, and I could not even remember which holiday.
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Give me the value of each life god damn it!
I have a physics exam tomorrow 
i kinda object to the fact that you need to save the lives of people you donât know all the time
but i guess the question is wheter or not its moral respnosblity and i guess its a good framework
i just will never be a morally good person
you would probably be severely reprimanded for murder and organ theft and also probably arrested
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i have so so many applications due on the 15th. instead of doing them i was doing this. hope i have valentineâs day free! (i do)
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I have to write 500 words on the Han Dynasty, holy cow
Oh right cops. Yeah fuck that
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well like thatâs what the earlier questions were about, right?
admittedly I. sniped all the answers to those. but still
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i think cutting open a patient for no reason would also lose you like
your medical license and shit
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Youâre Being Tortured In The Morning
There is no need for much of a preamble here, except to say this activity deals with some of the issues thrown up by British philosopher, Bernard Williamsâs journal article âThe Self and the Futureâ, which first appeared in The Philosophical Review in April 1970.
The other thing to say is that you should read the instructions on the next page quite carefully. Youâll be able to complete the activity if you donât, but the conclusions likely wonât be valid.
Is that the real Arete, I didnât know they still existed
yeah you did a great job sniping them lmao
I am so drowningchildpilled
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the overwhelming weight of assigning culpability to yourself for every death you possibly think you couldâve prevented is peter singer father
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Why are people blocking people on a forum
WHERE ARE MY FREE SPEECH BROTHERS AT
Youâre Being Tortured In The Morning: Scenario 1
You have fallen into the hands of Zach Coine, a mad and powerful scientist. He informs you he is going to torture you tomorrow morning. Not surprisingly, you find this idea rather terrifying. However, Professor Coine has some sort of (barely functioning) conscience so heâs decided to tell you a number of things about whatâs going to happen in the hope that youâll be reassured about your fate.
All youâve got to do here is each time youâre told something indicate whether you find it reassuring (i.e., whether it significantly reduces your fear levels). There are a few things you should bear in mind.
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Everything that Professor Coine tells you is true: thereâs no deception.
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Weâre only interested here in how you feel about the prospect of being tortured (i.e., whether you think youâre going to suffer as Coine lives out his Jack Bauer fantasy). So, for example, if you learn that Professor Coine is going to set you free, you shouldnât claim not to be reassured about your fate on the grounds that something worse might happen to you as a result.
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You should also cast aside any wider moral or humanitarian worries you have about torture. So, for example, no claiming you could never feel reassured while thereâs an evil scientist roaming around free (even if you are worried he might end up torturing little kittens).
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You should treat the things youâre told as being cumulative. At each stage, you should indicate whether youâre feeling reassured in light of everything youâve been told, not just the latest piece of information. Remember, Coine is truthful, so youâll be told nothing that is contradictory (basically, Coine is going to reveal more and more about whatâs going to happen to you).
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Yes, this is an online activity, so obviously youâre not actually going to be feeling fearful or reassured. So thereâs this thing called an imaginationâŚ