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mikailk

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    Comment #46724669

    If an observation about a moral system creates implications for how people act, you may have inspired a new moral assertion, but you haven't 'collapsed' the category. Knowing that …

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    Comment #46721013

    Object-level rule: “Stealing is illegal.” Meta rule: “Laws vary by jurisdiction.” If the meta claim is itself a law, what jurisdiction has the law containg the meta law? Who enforc…

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    Comment #46720271

    I do realize now I accidentally shifted the language from "universal" morals to "objective" morals. If a moral principle is claimed to be universal, it must, by definition, be appl…

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    Comment #46715545

    It is exactly that: a hypothetical. The point is not whether anyone has ever faced this scenario, but whether OP’s assertion is conditional or absolute. Hypotheticals are tools for…

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    Comment #46714161

    You have two choices: 1) Do what you asked above about a one-year-old child 2) Kill a million people Does this universal moral standard continue to say “don’t choose (1)”? One woul…

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    Comment #43648205

    The Hearing Aid feature boosts sound from the outside in Transparency mode. Media Assist corrects for all audio sent to the headphones. Two separate features that complement each o…

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    Comment #43272575

    I think all Macs come with 16 GB at minimum now, so that should be easy! [1] [1] https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/30/24270669/apple-macbook-p...