Re: If life is a benefit...

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:11:46 -0800, "Immortalist"
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>"Jonathan Ball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> Immortalist wrote:
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>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> >>On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 18:01:58 GMT, ipse dixit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> >>If life is a benefit, then it's logically certain that
>> >>no life [ie never existing at all] is a loss.
>> >
>> >
>> > What is a benifit?
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>> Something that makes an EXISTING entity better off than
>> he was before receiving the something.
>>
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>Then a...

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There's no "Then a..." What's *your* definition of "benefit," Derek?
We should be clear on this before you widen the fence you're sitting
on.

-- swamp