Message from @Redneo

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2018-12-12 20:09:32 UTC  

thats why it work

2018-12-12 20:09:51 UTC  

We already went over this lmao

2018-12-12 20:09:53 UTC  

becouse if you dont pursue the kind of pleasure that you value, whats the point?

2018-12-12 20:09:55 UTC  

isn't it because every man values different things?

2018-12-12 20:10:00 UTC  

yeah

2018-12-12 20:10:05 UTC  

thats why hedonism makes sense

2018-12-12 20:10:11 UTC  

exactly hero

2018-12-12 20:10:21 UTC  

Oh okay lets define value and its moral code shall we

2018-12-12 20:10:43 UTC  

i allready said i dont like morals.

2018-12-12 20:10:47 UTC  

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.

2018-12-12 20:10:55 UTC  

. . . I'm not sure if I understand this. Are we basing hedonism on short-term pleasures or long-term?

2018-12-12 20:11:16 UTC  

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.

2018-12-12 20:11:16 UTC  

@AHeroQuest long term total

2018-12-12 20:11:54 UTC  

The values are given in hedonism though

2018-12-12 20:11:57 UTC  

Net-pleasure

2018-12-12 20:11:59 UTC  

thats the value

2018-12-12 20:12:08 UTC  

Hedonism defines almost none of this

2018-12-12 20:12:23 UTC  

How does man gain, keep, or obtain these

2018-12-12 20:12:42 UTC  

What place do they come from?

2018-12-12 20:12:49 UTC  

math doesnt define squares or circles, either. It works from far more basic axioms. Thats the point in such a system

2018-12-12 20:13:05 UTC  

How depends on you

2018-12-12 20:13:11 UTC  

and your situation

2018-12-12 20:13:16 UTC  

No it does

2018-12-12 20:13:18 UTC  

thats the strength

2018-12-12 20:13:21 UTC  

Its standard is reality

2018-12-12 20:13:31 UTC  

It defines a formula to calculate this object

2018-12-12 20:13:37 UTC  

yes it does

2018-12-12 20:13:45 UTC  

wait

2018-12-12 20:13:50 UTC  

you are talking math

2018-12-12 20:13:51 UTC  

Its standard to know is non contradicting logic

2018-12-12 20:14:08 UTC  

hedonism doesnt contradict anything, either

2018-12-12 20:14:21 UTC  

We went over this

2018-12-12 20:15:01 UTC  

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

2018-12-12 20:15:44 UTC  

That didnt refute anything like I said hedonism fails to define many things

2018-12-12 20:15:57 UTC  

and it SHOULDNT define these things

2018-12-12 20:16:01 UTC  

thats an empirical question

2018-12-12 20:16:11 UTC  

the things you are looking for

2018-12-12 20:16:37 UTC  

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?

2018-12-12 20:17:16 UTC  

im not sure values can be inconsistent. They are whatever you value. Perfctly consistent right there

2018-12-12 20:17:25 UTC  

the standart is net-pleasure