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Old 03-12-2008, 11:37 AM
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Paul C. Anagnostopoulos is offline
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Originally Posted by Open Mind
I am not convinced these are 'independent from supernatural belief' (whether real or not). Why, should one continue to follow a traditional belief if one is just a pack of neurons?
Why should one follow any particular belief under any metaphysic?

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What if you are right and computers can be made conscious, is it wrong to kill computers too? In physicalism why is killing a baby more wrong than killing a computer program? Also what is definitely morally wrong in physicalism?
Physicalism doesn't dictate moral rights and wrongs, people do. You've made some connection between ethics and metaphysics that I just don't understand.

~~ Paul
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