Message from @Redneo
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thats why it work
We already went over this lmao
becouse if you dont pursue the kind of pleasure that you value, whats the point?
isn't it because every man values different things?
yeah
thats why hedonism makes sense
exactly hero
Oh okay lets define value and its moral code shall we
i allready said i dont like morals.
To challenge the basic premise of any discipline, one must begin at the beginning. In ethics, one must begin by asking: What are values? Why does man need them?
“Value” is that which one acts to gain and/or keep. The concept “value” is not a primary; it presupposes an answer to the question: of value to whom and for what? It presupposes an entity capable of acting to achieve a goal in the face of an alternative. Where no alternative exists, no goals and no values are possible.
. . . I'm not sure if I understand this. Are we basing hedonism on short-term pleasures or long-term?
To make this point fully clear, try to imagine an immortal, indestructible robot, an entity which moves and acts, but which cannot be affected by anything, which cannot be changed in any respect, which cannot be damaged, injured or destroyed. Such an entity would not be able to have any values; it would have nothing to gain or to lose; it could not regard anything as for or against it, as serving or threatening its welfare, as fulfilling or frustrating its interests. It could have no interests and no goals.
@AHeroQuest long term total
The values are given in hedonism though
Net-pleasure
thats the value
Hedonism defines almost none of this
How does man gain, keep, or obtain these
What place do they come from?
math doesnt define squares or circles, either. It works from far more basic axioms. Thats the point in such a system
How depends on you
and your situation
No it does
thats the strength
Its standard is reality
It defines a formula to calculate this object
yes it does
wait
you are talking math
Its standard to know is non contradicting logic
hedonism doesnt contradict anything, either
We went over this
If there is someone with cancer in heavy pain begging you to give him a lethal dose of morphine, that would be a good thing. Doing the same to a happy child would be bad. I dont think your system would be consistent like this
That didnt refute anything like I said hedonism fails to define many things
and it SHOULDNT define these things
thats an empirical question
the things you are looking for
What are values, how do they benefit me, how do I keep them, to what standard are they based, how do I know which ones are consistent?
im not sure values can be inconsistent. They are whatever you value. Perfctly consistent right there
the standart is net-pleasure