theTruthshaper Posted February 10, 2021 Author Posted February 10, 2021 1 hour ago, AonEne said: Definitely. But like for example if someone is depressed enough to take their life, and is given antidepressants. Yeah, but like that's a very narrow usefulness, right? Even with the most depressed people we don't force them to take antidepressants. The number of cases in which you can ethically unilaterally change someone like that is pretty small.
AonEne he/him Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, theTruthshaper said: Yeah, but like that's a very narrow usefulness, right? Even with the most depressed people we don't force them to take antidepressants. The number of cases in which you can ethically unilaterally change someone like that is pretty small. I think so, yeah. I don't think emotional Allomancy is okay in every circumstance, certainly, just that it's not immoral in every circumstance either.
theTruthshaper Posted February 10, 2021 Author Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, AonEne said: I think so, yeah. I don't think emotional Allomancy is okay in every circumstance, certainly, just that it's not immoral in every circumstance either. Yeah, I agree. Which is why morally iffy, you know. I don't think there would be any situations in daily life in which we could say that Emotional Allomancy is moral. Edited February 10, 2021 by theTruthshaper
AonEne he/him Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 28 minutes ago, theTruthshaper said: Yeah, I agree. Which is why morally iffy, you know. I don't think there would be any situations in daily life in which we could say that Emotional Allomancy is moral. I'd disagree there. Friend feeling down? Have a bit of happiness, guaranteed! Someone being a jerk to you? Enhance their disinterest or something. If the outcome means less harm in the world, then it's moral by my standards.
theTruthshaper Posted February 10, 2021 Author Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, AonEne said: I'd disagree there. Friend feeling down? Have a bit of happiness, guaranteed! Someone being a jerk to you? Enhance their disinterest or something. If the outcome means less harm in the world, then it's moral by my standards. I agree with you. But I don't trust myself with the power honestly, I am pretty sure that if I could do things like this, I would end up misusing it for reasons which would in the moment seem perfectly reasonable. So, it's sort of a meta argument, if I would have this power, and even if I had resolved too use it only to do good, it is *still* more likely to do harm. Edited February 10, 2021 by theTruthshaper
AonEne he/him Posted February 10, 2021 Posted February 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, theTruthshaper said: I agree with you. But I don't trust myself with the power honestly, I am pretty sure that if I could do things like this, I would end up misusing it for reasons which would in the moment seem perfectly reasonable. So, it's sort of a meta argument, if I would have this power, and even if I had resolved too use it only to do good, it is *still* more likely to do harm. That's fair! I can't be sure I'd use it for only good either, since we humans are fallible, but I somehow trust myself with most of my weird personality traits and abilities, so I'd probably trust myself with this one too and then mess things up
theTruthshaper Posted February 25, 2021 Author Posted February 25, 2021 1 hour ago, FriarFritz said: How are you and Ene so adorable? I can't help it! She's so cute and adorable and I keep going dkjsabfhbvsjkdvsjhfvfnvjfkb 1
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