--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This does not mean that certain practices are good > or bad. If there was such a thing, then there would be no > debate about war, abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, > or animal rights, because these questions could be answered > experimentally. > > Given a goal and a context, there is absolutely such a > thing as good or bad. The problem with the examples that you > cited is that you're attempting to generalize to a > universal answer across contexts (because I would argue that > there is a useful universal goal) which is nonsensical. All > of this can be answered both logically and experimentally if > you just ask the right question instead of engaging in > vacuous hand-waving about how tough it all is after > you've mindlessly expanded your problem beyond solution.
That's what I just said. You have to ask the right questions. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
