Here's a specific example of a question I do not think science can answer:
How many kittens lives is worth one human life?
Or, perhaps more cynical, how many lives of poor people is worth the life of one rich person?
I think these are things that just come from people's basic intuitions and aesthetic sense. It's going to have a different answer in different cultures, and I'm not convinced there is one right answer that all cultures will converge to.
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Re: religious darwinists
Date: 2010-10-13 07:30 pm (UTC)How many kittens lives is worth one human life?
Or, perhaps more cynical, how many lives of poor people is worth the life of one rich person?
I think these are things that just come from people's basic intuitions and aesthetic sense. It's going to have a different answer in different cultures, and I'm not convinced there is one right answer that all cultures will converge to.