What's So Great About Ushas?

Paul B · 16 Jul 2008, 05:43 · from 2008-July.txt.gz

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From: pb.stuff at gmail.com (Paul B)
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:43:08 -0400
Subject: (urth) What's So Great About Ushas?
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On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:14 AM, David Duffy <David.Duffy at qimr.edu.au>
wrote:

> Sure, but the point is that he does make the decision which according to
> his foreknowledge is the only long term solution. Again the point is that
> his vision of the outcomes is certain, and so his behaviour "right".

By no means!  Only if you're a consequentialist (utilitarian, for example)
do ends justify means.  And if you are, you've got more problems than it's
worth.

Is it truly hard to fathom that though evil can be used to bring about good,
it does not itself become good because of it?

Incidentally, many on the other side of this argument have at one point
insisted that Hierogrammate foresight is perfect.  Please see Roy C.
Lackey's post a few days ago for proof that it isn't, and then stop saying
it.  It only clouds the issue.

David Duffy,
>

Paul
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