The Glade 4.0

http://www.philosophyexperiments.com

Some interesting thought experiments

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Holy shitsnacks!

Heheh, at least I'm consistent.

This lecture series is quite good; if you enjoyed the thought experiments, you might enjoy these:
http://forum-network.org/series/justice ... -do-series

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

That website has serious issues with moral realism in the most ironic way.

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/chuckle
But they try, and it's accessible.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Kinda like the Mythbusters.

They're not *real* scientists, but they do get people to think a bit.

I like this one too.
http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/check.php

30%

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Holy shitsnacks!

The only real problem I have with the site is the lack of content to go with the thought experiments. There's nothing there I'm not already familiar with specifically and generally; but I suspect I'm not their target audience. That said, moral realism is politically unpopular in academic circles (for the most part). That bias plays out in the handling of the scenarios and some of the rhetoric.

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All this stuff on the site about "Is this morally wrong?" is stupid. It's just an irrelevant question. How can I answer questions about something that isn't proven to exist?

Morality does exist. The nature of morality is another subject entirely.

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Morality as it pertains to everyday life doesn't exist. Obviously as a word it exists.

edit:

I guess it can exist, but it varies on individual interpretations. Morality is pretty much a cultural meme.

I understand your dillemma, Lex. I have the same one. Morality is a personal thing and completely subjective. It is not logic or math, where there is a definite right or wrong answer. If Serial_Killer_02 believes it's morally right to slaughter people with wine-corkers, then it is morally right -- for him. Morality is an utterly irrelevant thing except for how your own morality changes your personality and worldview.

The Monty Hall test is also not philosophy, it's simple probability math. Switching nets a 67% win rate, not switching nets a 33% win rate.

The dillemma about the "decision 1 (A) saves 200 people, (B) has a 33% chance of saving 600 people" vs. "decision 2 (A) kills 400 people, (B) has a 66% chance of killing 600 people" was nearly paralyzing. Ultimately, they are the same thing. It was not a moral dillemma at all, it was a choice of whether I prefer to take the sure thing or gamble on the odds. I'm not a gambler, I always prefer a sure thing. Plus in decision (A) for both choices, it didn't say whether or not it might be possible I could choose who gets saved/killed, so I picked (A). But this had nothing to do with morality and just my own comfort zone.

On the plus side I was 100% consistent on every test that had such a score.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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27%

Although they marekd me down for the art is perception bit, and I disagree. I agreed that "Judgements about works of art are purely matters of taste, and that "Michaelangelo is one of history's finest artists". That is perfectly consistent. Michaelangelo's art matches my taste. They didn't ask whether it was "empirically true" that M is one of history's finest artists heheh.


It wasn't a test about morality, it was a test to see if changing how the question was framed altered your perception of the question.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Like Talya said, I would just do what's most comfortable to me. It has nothing to do with abstract morality or philosophy (which is supposed to be logical).

7% on the second link ...

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Lex, it is about logic. How logical is it to change your response due to how the question is framed, when the results are the same?

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

The question being discussed is about logic; many of the others are related to consistency of your own personal system of beliefs.

edit: ahh, Lex ninja deleted.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

I got nailed on that one too.

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Holy shitsnacks!

Holy crap is this thing flawed. I got about half through the first one and quit, because I think flawed analytical experiments aren't worth my time. Up until then, I was running about 94%.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

40%. Big whoop. Wanna fight about it?

How so?

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

I don't understand how nearly 80% of the population gets the Wason selection test wrong.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

The overwhelming majority of the population does not appreciate the difference between if and iff.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

That's because most of the population is not concerned with being engaged by antiaircraft weaponry.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

You...are making a joke, right?

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That quiz reminds of some posters here, they force you to choose A) or B) and then shout you down about contradictions when you really prefer C).

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Yup. Makes it doublely appropriate for this forum.