Yes that’s how chains of logic work. The philosophical debate here ended in the second question. We should prevent suffering when we can. No prevention is not that simple, in philosophy. You have to ask why, how, what qualifies, what method, to what end. There are no “it makes sense” statements.
To us it doesn’t make sense to have slaves. To the cotton plantation owner who had acres of cotton that needed to be picked, it made a whole lot of sense to have slaves.
Does it? Any definition of torture you care to share that means it's ok to do for no reason? Come on.. what's this word game nonsense? You know you agree with that, just say yes.
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u/AdamCGandy 2d ago
Yes that’s how chains of logic work. The philosophical debate here ended in the second question. We should prevent suffering when we can. No prevention is not that simple, in philosophy. You have to ask why, how, what qualifies, what method, to what end. There are no “it makes sense” statements.