[ExI] Ethics and Emotions are not axioms

John K Clark jonkc at att.net
Mon Jun 4 14:50:18 UTC 2007


Brent Allsop

> I believe there are fundamental absolute ethics, morals, motivations.

Well, there are certainly fundamental absolute motivations, but I'm not sure
about the other stuff.

> existence or survival is absolutely better, more valuable, more moral,
> more motivating than non existence.

I believe that also, but I can't prove it, that's why it's an axiom. But if
I'm wrong and they're not axioms then what axioms were used to derive them?

  John K Clark











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