Solving Ecmandu’s 3 Problems

[Ichthus77 (Ichthus77 (formerly She™))]

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“a) consent violation: the assumption only equals can consent, and any differences constitute power imbalance and thus violation of consent, meaning, “I don’t want this” - maybe we should solve that problem for all beings!!”

Me: We have to ask permission, and be 100% honest so they can give informed consent. All selves are others, all others are selves, but we should not abuse our power when someone else is at a position of disadvantage relative to us.

This feels thematic with a common theme as of late. We need to rethink power.

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A twist on Pascal’s wager (Philip Goff)

That is interesting how Philip Goff brings together the alternatives of believing (“leaping” to) something that is false versus failing to believe something that is true with an inverse leap (holding fast to current potentially false view). [Why This Famous Atheist Became a Progressive Christian (Dr. Philip Goff)]