I would like to see some enlargement on the concept of definition. It is usually treated as a simple concept: A means B or C or D; which one depending on Z. But when we try to pin down C for instance, we find that it has a lot of baggage—emotional, framing, stylistic etc. So does B and D. And in no case is the baggage of any of them the same as the baggage of A. None of - defining terms or tabooing words or coining new words - really works all that well in the real world, although they of course help. Do you see a way around this fuzziness?
Another ‘morally good’ definition for your list is ‘that which will not make the doer feel guilty or shameful in future’. It is no better than the others but quite different.
Another ‘morally good’ definition for your list is ‘that which will not make the doer feel guilty or shameful in future’. It is no better than the others but quite different.
I don’t like this one. It implies that successful suicide is always morally good.
I would like to see some enlargement on the concept of definition. It is usually treated as a simple concept: A means B or C or D; which one depending on Z. But when we try to pin down C for instance, we find that it has a lot of baggage—emotional, framing, stylistic etc. So does B and D. And in no case is the baggage of any of them the same as the baggage of A. None of - defining terms or tabooing words or coining new words - really works all that well in the real world, although they of course help. Do you see a way around this fuzziness?
Another ‘morally good’ definition for your list is ‘that which will not make the doer feel guilty or shameful in future’. It is no better than the others but quite different.
I don’t like this one. It implies that successful suicide is always morally good.