David Tapper

I forgot what year it is again

@penzy_ But dying got in the way 😑

simply to live that was my plan

My soon to be professor writes on Kantian traffic law

@Benthamsbulldog For the deontologist, the point of doing the right thing is not to produce the optimal result. It’s to do the right thing, of which we cannot always be certain of our success, but we can always try in each individual case to get it right.

@Benthamsbulldog 4. The final point of the example (the absolutist view prohibits having criminal law) is an extension of the assumption that grouping actions is ok for deontologists. But, w Kant in mind, if u tell the truth enough, it’s pretty much certain your honesty will get someone killed.

Absolutist deontologists, how do you deal with the risk problem posed by Huemer (linked below)?

@Benthamsbulldog Ordinary language philosophy

It is undeniable that "God" exists. People use the word all the time.

The funniest possible situation is happening rn

@penzy_ Just wait till I show you this summer the Jeffrey Lewis comic my brother bought me

i’m lowkey turning into comic book guy

If this were true, legal reasoning would at least be worth something

Would Mao be into some of our music?

@PartPhilo199 The trick of nature

@daviditapper I don’t think theoretical reason can provide such desire. It lacks motivational power. whatever is the motivation that drives the development of human capacities, I don’t know, however, the vehicle which that development happens through is instrumental reason.

This is the result of practical reason btw

@PartPhilo199 I’m not sure it’s an intelligible question. Perhaps greed/pride drive us to build spaceships (due to instrumental reason). Or the innate desire to pursue knowledge (theoretical reason). The development of capability =dev of practical reason, but the mechanism is human antagonism

@daviditapper The question is basically which form of reason is responsible for the progression and refinement of human capabilities over time?

@PartPhilo199 Only Florence can settle this

@daviditapper No practical reason

@morallawwithin @Sscben There is no hell. That is the point of ethics.

@Sscben April fools. You’re going to hell.

I’m personally vegan, but I respect others’ choice to eat what they want

@aestheticsguyy You lose

I dare you to beat my wallpaper ☁️