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1 Jul 2024 17:39:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Another random suggestion  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 11 Mar 2017 22:38:36
Message: <58c4c2bc$1@news.povray.org>
On 3/11/2017 10:26 PM, Mike Horvath wrote:
> On 3/11/2017 7:19 PM, Shay wrote:
>> It's certainly not entirely scientific.
>>
>> Can you tell me--using capital-R Reason alone--the difference between
>> "beneficial" and "good" (as in "good vs. evil)?
>>
>>
>
> I think there are some things that could fit into both categories:
>
> 1. maximize well-being
> 2. minimize suffering
> 3. ???
>
> These are things social animals value, either consciously or by
> instinctual behavior. Hard to say whether animals like sharks care about
> stuff like this, though. Some sharks rear live young IIRC. It's pretty
> common for mammals/birds to feel lonely.
>
>
> Mike


OTOH, humans aren't the only animals to experience psychoses.


Mike


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