(August 11, 2014 at 5:42 am)bennyboy Wrote: No, you just need to define "identity" in a way that doesn't begin with the emergence of the mind.
And any way you attempted to do that- even leaving aside the complete absurdity of premising the argument on defining "identity" as "not identity"- would contain some logical absurdity or another to render the argument ineffective, or reliant on special pleading.
Quote:Maybe, but adopting a moral system based on any of those is still an arbitrary choice.
It's evolved; those whose morals don't prize life over death and pleasure over pain generally aren't around to take part in the process. Besides, what else would one base morality on, in place of the well being of the things that can create moral frameworks?
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