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What would make you feel guilt or shame or what do you think warrants that?
An example would be taking advantage of a good person, (although I think it's something of a category error to talk about emotions in terms of whether they're warranted).

I'm not sure what you mean by starting from the ...

We have to 'agree to disagree' about hedonism (which is the beginning and end of all my formally thought out/reflective opinions on morality and the very concept of value, my first ethical principle). I appreciate the straightforward rejection of my position (I could be wrong but, when I bring it ...

That's empty rhetoric from, say, a libertarian perspective but consider that in this scenario the rapist's frustration would be so much greater than the victim's disgust, humiliation, frustration or inconvenience and we don't intuitively grasp this because we're comparing how much we expect a ...

I don't think that Western culture introduced the idea of 'purity' implying asexuality.
It depends on whether we're talking about asceticism that happens to also cover sexuality, or sexuality as something uniquely negative. Buddhist monks may have a vow of celibacy, but that's part of a broader ...

"I'm hoping that because [the victim is] a pedophile... like, everyone hates pedophiles... so like, it should be cool," Suresh reportedly told police.
Wait, so the victim might not even have been a pedophile? The guy could have been someone who got in trouble for public urination?

Furthermore ...

I had it one Winter, I liked it. It was years ago, though.

However, Sparrow extends the thought experiment by introducing a scenario in which the machine could reject sexual advances, verbally refusing and physically retreating. In this case, the robot might cry out phrases like “Stop it, you are raping me. Stop raping me. He’s raping me” while trying to ...

Not sadness, not fear, disgust . “Pedophillia is gross because children are gross” “I could never be a pedo because children are disgusting”. “How could you be attracted to children, children are filthy, snotty, annoying whiny brats”. “How can pedos stand to be around children, I just want to hit ...

Just for context, I think this thread was originally Fragment's, but when he deleted a bunch of his posts, my response remained. I don't quite remember the original details.

What is AASECT? The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.



I do believe that every ...

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