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Originally Posted by Plato  How would you respond to this criticism by Nozick? To all logicians out there: Is it possible to rationally justify why one would rather live selfishly than be dead? |
First you have to assume that there is such a thing as self. And then you have to assume that there is no life after death.
Next you have to assume that there is some reason why we would bother to seek rational justifications for anything. As opposed to simply not bothering (for example, we wouldn't bother about rational justifications, if we were dead).
Therefore another question arises - Is it possible to rationally justify why we would rather discuss your questions, than just be dead?
Suddenly we see the beginning of an inescapable loop. The above merely begs another question:
Is it possible to rationally justify why we would rather discuss the above question, rather than just be dead?
And so on. Thus all questions ultimately lead to the beginninglessness of karma.
Huh?
