HA: “I aspire not to care about rescuing toddlers from burning orphanages. There seems to be good evidence they’re not even conscious, self-reflective entities yet.”
HA, do you think that only the burning toddler matters? Don’t the carers from the orphanage have feelings? Will they not suffer on hearing about the death of someone they’ve cared for?
Overcoming bias does not mean discarding empathy. If you aspire to jettison your emotions, I wonder how you’ll make an unbiased selection of which ones you don’t need.
HA: “I aspire not to care about rescuing toddlers from burning orphanages. There seems to be good evidence they’re not even conscious, self-reflective entities yet.”
HA, do you think that only the burning toddler matters? Don’t the carers from the orphanage have feelings? Will they not suffer on hearing about the death of someone they’ve cared for?
Overcoming bias does not mean discarding empathy. If you aspire to jettison your emotions, I wonder how you’ll make an unbiased selection of which ones you don’t need.