Re: Qualia feel good?

From: Metaqualia (metaqualia@mynichi.com)
Date: Wed Jul 07 2004 - 00:55:47 MDT


>While we may agree, somewhat vaguely, on all having qualia

that's a good start :)

>that is a far cry from agreeing that qualia are something that should
somehow be
>reified as being all that is significant

You don't have to accept that qualia are all that is significant, to accept
that it is the moral thing to do to limit negative qualia and favor positive
ones.

>It does not follow from
>any notion of qualia we all agree on that you correctly equate
>morality to maximization of positive qualia.

Can you then agree that minimization of negative qualia is moral?

mq



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