tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874629230734578214.post8555248744786429347..comments2020-01-24T14:58:54.318-08:00Comments on Breakfast Impossible: comment on UPB page 44-45 universalityDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17330240621500931648noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874629230734578214.post-62927940205312767752014-07-06T15:42:43.715-07:002014-07-06T15:42:43.715-07:00Since all human beings share common physical prope...<i>Since all human beings share common physical properties and requirements, proposing one rule for one person and the opposite rule for another is invalid – it is like proposing a physics theory that says that some rocks fall down, while others fall up.</i><br />An analogy can illustrate a point, but hardly counts as an argument. What if I created a globe made of molten rock using nanotechnology, and then filled it with hydrogen or helium, so it floats? Actually that is just a quibble, as the principle could be restated more carefully, in terms of gravity and mass.<br />The real question is does he analogy necessarily fit? Might not there be something about morality of persons that is not as consistent as mass and gravity? Making the analogy does not prove anything.<br /><br />Human beings share common physical properties and requirements, therefore strong universality. I am not sure this follows. Also, assume someday we will encounter aliens or transhumans, and hence must apply morality to moral agents that do not necessarily share these properties and requirements, is strong universality defeated?<br /><br /><br />Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17330240621500931648noreply@blogger.com