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Originally Posted by David I feel physicalism downplays the importance of people and animals - so it has helped fuel factory farming and general ruthlessness in business. Phrases like 'human resources', 'wet-ware', even 'consumers' seem to stem from this way of thinking. |
Oh, please. The average person is not a physicalist, but some sort of religio-dualist. The average person has not read a shred of metaphysical writings. The world is the way it is because that is the way people behave.
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There is a certain abstract way of thinking that is scary. Mathematicians in banks inventing statistical tricks to make money at the expense of overall financial stability, technologists designing ever more weapons systems, psychologists figuring out how to persuade people to buy products in quantities that are not good for them...
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And yet most of those people are religious and hold some sort of dualistic notion of mind. In particular, many believe that there is a better life after this one, or another chance to do better.
~~ Paul