Do the fox and the rabbit disagree? It seems reasonable so say that they do if they meet: the rabbit thinks it should be eating grass, and the fox thinks the rabbit should be in the fox’s stomach. They may argue passionately about the rabbit’s fate—and even stoop to violence.
Really? I would be interested in hearing their philosophical arguments then as for why the rabbit should be eating grass or the rabbit should be in the fox’s stomach. I understand, of course, that the rabbit does eat grass and that the fox does hunt the rabbit, but I was not aware that these were persuasive moral arguments. A rock does roll downhill, but I wasn’t aware that this had any particular correlation to whether it should roll downhill—if gravity pulls a rock, it will just as readily roll over a toddler.
It would seem that you are not distinguishing between what a system does and what it should do. The former is not necessarily a statement about the latter; a rock, in rolling over a toddler, is not offering evidence or even argument about the worthlessness of human life—it’s just showing that gravity doesn’t care. Neither does a fox or rabbit.
Do the fox and the rabbit disagree? It seems reasonable so say that they do if they meet: the rabbit thinks it should be eating grass, and the fox thinks the rabbit should be in the fox’s stomach. They may argue passionately about the rabbit’s fate—and even stoop to violence.
Really? I would be interested in hearing their philosophical arguments then as for why the rabbit should be eating grass or the rabbit should be in the fox’s stomach. I understand, of course, that the rabbit does eat grass and that the fox does hunt the rabbit, but I was not aware that these were persuasive moral arguments. A rock does roll downhill, but I wasn’t aware that this had any particular correlation to whether it should roll downhill—if gravity pulls a rock, it will just as readily roll over a toddler.
It would seem that you are not distinguishing between what a system does and what it should do. The former is not necessarily a statement about the latter; a rock, in rolling over a toddler, is not offering evidence or even argument about the worthlessness of human life—it’s just showing that gravity doesn’t care. Neither does a fox or rabbit.