RE: Immoral atheists
July 3, 2013 at 7:43 pm
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2013 at 7:44 pm by pineapplebunnybounce.)
(July 3, 2013 at 7:40 pm)Inigo Wrote:(July 3, 2013 at 7:38 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: How the hell do you know that? How on earth do you know what will make everyone on earth happy? I would be beyond PISSED if someone let me die without telling me that my sorry excuse of a husband cheated on me. I would want to redo my will for one.
It is a thought experiment. So I am stipulating that the discovery that her husband didn't exist/never loved her etc - will distress her enormously. It is conceivable. So, what would be the right thing to do?
Yup and your experiment just failed. Cos you made the wrong assumption that she would rather be happy than to know the truth. And as luck will have it, here's someone who'd rather be miserable than stupid.
The real question being: what's your point?