I gave a TEDx talk in Singapore in October 2013. The theme of the event was luck, so they had me talk about moral luck. I think people liked the example where a cannibal eats young Hitler and makes the world a better place.
In a Platonic relationship, you treat your partner like an abstract object.
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I don't agree. A Platonic relationships is a relationship of minds when sexual or romantic hormones don't get triggered. The other is treated as a person without gender.
yup yup, which is why they suck compared to sexual relationships, where you appreciate specific qualities with great intensity.
connected to how wanting to get laid [in the abstract] is gross, whereas wanting to have sex with a specific person is a turnon for that person. who wants to be an abstract object?
2 comments:
I don't agree. A Platonic relationships is a relationship of minds when sexual or romantic hormones don't get triggered. The other is treated as a person without gender.
Tom
yup yup, which is why they suck compared to sexual relationships, where you appreciate specific qualities with great intensity.
connected to how wanting to get laid [in the abstract] is gross, whereas wanting to have sex with a specific person is a turnon for that person. who wants to be an abstract object?
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