If I am evil, then I wish to believe that I am evil, so that I will know to fix that problem.
It helps to consider the evil individual who doesn’t know they’re evil. They wont become good, will they? Because they don’t know to try.
If I am evil, then I wish to believe that I am evil. I don’t wish to believe that I am evil. Therefore I am not evil.
Edit: why all the downvotes?
Because that’s not what I meant and everyone knows it.
I do wish to believe that I am evil, conditional on my being evil. If I turn out not to be evil, I wish to know that, and if I turn out not to be good, I wish to know that too. Litany of Tarski.
I also know that’s not what you meant, though. I… don’t even know what to think about people anymore. Comment retracted.
I … see. I guess it was just very easy to misinterpret.
If I am evil, then I wish to believe that I am evil, so that I will know to fix that problem.
It helps to consider the evil individual who doesn’t know they’re evil. They wont become good, will they? Because they don’t know to try.
If I am evil, then I wish to believe that I am evil. I don’t wish to believe that I am evil. Therefore I am not evil.
Because that’s not what I meant and everyone knows it.
I do wish to believe that I am evil, conditional on my being evil. If I turn out not to be evil, I wish to know that, and if I turn out not to be good, I wish to know that too. Litany of Tarski.
I also know that’s not what you meant, though. I… don’t even know what to think about people anymore. Comment retracted.
I … see. I guess it was just very easy to misinterpret.