jools posted:watching c-beams glitter in the dark near the tannhauser gate, imo
Cesarean-beams
roseweird posted:agreed jools we must support Sex, ideally humans will keep having sex and growing new humans inside their bodies until the heat death of the universe, just as God intended
this but unironically
slumlord posted:the best way for humanity to end would be for Full Communist aliens to show up, explain patiently and exactly why humanity has to go, and be so convincing that we unanimously agree. "welp. good points. can't really argue with any of them. basically an airtight case. so, uh, how do you wanna do this"
this has in a sense already happened though
roseweird posted:jools posted:also i think you abandon marxism in certain respects if you accept an act-centred morality, ie the repugnant conclusion is dumb lol
what is "accepting an act-centred morality" and how does it concretely change someone's life or outlook with respect to marxism
like this sounds a least as mystical as anything i have actively affirmed as mysticism
what? i just mean deontological or consequentialist ethics as opposed to virtue ethics. virtue ethics could be described as self-centred in comparison.
daddyholes posted:Marxist forum finally arrives at Repugnant Conclusion
we should make an archive called Repugnant Conclusion for threads that end with one of your posts
jools posted:slumlord posted:the best way for humanity to end would be for Full Communist aliens to show up, explain patiently and exactly why humanity has to go, and be so convincing that we unanimously agree. "welp. good points. can't really argue with any of them. basically an airtight case. so, uh, how do you wanna do this"
this has in a sense already happened though
i assume you are referring to the life of christ and his eventual Return.
roseweird posted:jools posted:roseweird posted:jools posted:also i think you abandon marxism in certain respects if you accept an act-centred morality, ie the repugnant conclusion is dumb lol
what is "accepting an act-centred morality" and how does it concretely change someone's life or outlook with respect to marxism
like this sounds a least as mystical as anything i have actively affirmed as mysticismwhat? i just mean deontological or consequentialist ethics as opposed to virtue ethics. virtue ethics could be described as self-centred in comparison.
ah yes well when you put it in common sense terms like that i see both the precise meaning and deep importance of what you are saying
well the main thing is that deontological and consequentialist ethics are transhistorical and universalist and can never be anything but, but virtue ethics are amenable to historicisation. aren't you a scholar of religion, shouldn't you know what these things mean