(March 13, 2026 at 11:01 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(March 13, 2026 at 5:32 pm)Disagreeable Wrote: Thanks for answering the original question!
Is being human still one of the required properties? Because, if not, then what if there was a human without these properties?
I wouldn't eat a human no matter their disabilities, so I guess being human is a hard pass for me. Mind you, that's entirely subjective and so not useful to your discussion. The varied reasons people resort to cannibalism speak to the moral relativism of the question. The raw hunger of a shipwreck survivor, the cultural norm of eating your enemies to garner their strength, those have different moral weights to me, but who am I? I just know what I wouldn't like to do.
This is a kind of anti-realism that I respect, even if I do disagree.
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Epicurus Wrote:The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.
Epicurus Wrote:Don't fear god,
Don't worry about death;
What is good is easy to get,
What is terrible is easy to endure


