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The scientific version of good and bad
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RE: The scientific version of good and bad
Your idea of "rewarding experience" reminds me of David Hume's ethical theory, which can be found in his Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals.

A very condensed discussion is at these links:

#17

#35

There is more discussion of it in that thread.


However, you might find it easier to start with Epicurus instead, though his position is less rigorous.  But it has the advantage of being easier to understand.

http://www.epicurus.net



As for suicide, here are three essays on the topic that I think are worth reading:


ESSAY IX: OF SUICIDE1

Letter 70

Letter 77


Regarding your idea of bringing back people from the dead and drugging them to feel high (which is what "eternal bliss" would be), that is rather fanciful.  I doubt we are going to be raising the dead.  Of course, it somewhat depends on what, exactly, one means by "dead," as one's heart can stop beating and it can sometimes be restarted, so if you were to imagine that "dead" just means that one's heart stopped beating, then one could raise the "dead" at least occasionally.  But if they are well and truly dead, rotted in the grave, then no, it is just a fictional fantasy.



As an aside, you might want to work on your essay writing skills, as much of the reaction you are getting seems due to that rather than the actual content of your post.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: The scientific version of good and bad - by abaris - August 26, 2015 at 11:21 am
RE: The scientific version of good and bad - by Pyrrho - August 26, 2015 at 11:46 am
RE: The scientific version of good and bad - by Pyrrho - August 26, 2015 at 12:55 pm
RE: The scientific version of good and bad - by Alex K - August 26, 2015 at 1:22 pm
RE: The scientific version of good and bad - by brewer - August 26, 2015 at 2:23 pm
RE: The scientific version of good and bad - by brewer - August 26, 2015 at 4:29 pm

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