• agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    1 year ago

    1. I am a sentient creature that feels pain and pleasure

    2. Others appear to be sentient creatures that feel pain and pleasure

    3. Pain is bad, so I should avoid inflicting it

    You don’t need empathy as an axiom to derive it rationally

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      Pain and pleasure are passions. You said you were gonna use pure reason. Not use reason as an aid to passions.