I don’t think he’s talking past you. His point seems that the vast majority of the hundreds of millions of people living in poverty both have net positive lives, and don’t want to die.
Even with a purely hedonistic outlook, it wouldn’t be better for their lives to end.
Unless you are not talking about the present, but a future far worse than today’s situation?
I’m saying that on some level it feels worse to me that 700 million people suffer in poverty than every single person dying painlessly in their sleep. Or that billions of animals are in torture factories. It sounds like I’m misunderstanding Jason’s point?
I would contend they are not “suffering” in poverty overall, because most of their lives are net positive. There may be many struggles and their lives are a lot harder than ours, but still better than not being alive at all.
I agree with you on the animals in torture factories, because their lives are probably net negative unlike the 700 million in poverty.
I don’t think he’s talking past you. His point seems that the vast majority of the hundreds of millions of people living in poverty both have net positive lives, and don’t want to die.
Even with a purely hedonistic outlook, it wouldn’t be better for their lives to end.
Unless you are not talking about the present, but a future far worse than today’s situation?
I’m saying that on some level it feels worse to me that 700 million people suffer in poverty than every single person dying painlessly in their sleep. Or that billions of animals are in torture factories. It sounds like I’m misunderstanding Jason’s point?
I would contend they are not “suffering” in poverty overall, because most of their lives are net positive. There may be many struggles and their lives are a lot harder than ours, but still better than not being alive at all.
I agree with you on the animals in torture factories, because their lives are probably net negative unlike the 700 million in poverty.