Cookie Thread Act 3: The Cookie Strikes Back

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#19047
Summary

Scenario 3: The Lovers

Robert and Mary are brother and sister. One night, while on vacation together away from home, and staying alone in a tent on a beach, they decided that it would be fun to have sex with each other, so they did. The following things about them are true. They enjoyed the sex. They knew that because of a medical condition, Mary could not get pregnant. They decided they would not have sex with each other again, and they have not, but they have never regretted the experience. In fact, they are still pleased that it happened, and consider it a special and positive event. It has also remained their secret.

a) Has anybody been harmed by the fact that Robert and Mary had sex together?

Yes
No

b) Would it bother or disgust you if you found out that a brother and sister you know personally were enjoying an on-going sexual relationship with each other?

Yes
No

#19048

what is wrong with philosophers

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#19049

no! it is empathetic to criticize them

#19050

no and yes. hm. i sense a theme

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#19051

hey litten here is a cool one:

Summary

Get a life

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#19052

isnā€™t that only true if you eat the brain

Iā€™m not super well researched here

#19053

I have a life
it just gets disurpted heavily sometimes

#19054

perhaps i am quite bothered by things that are none of my business. philosophers should probably stop telling me that these things are happenin

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#19055

no to the first

and if I knew the circumstance of no risk of pregnancyā€¦ honestly probably not?

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#19056

seems like an invasion of privacy i think

#19057

ā€¦no
humans are hardwired against it

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#19058

I just philosophy pointless tbh, I was making a joke no mean to diminish your character

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#19059

iā€™m just wondering how the westermarck effect got bypassed. how desperate were they?

#19060

You should already know my take on this lol. Romantic sparks are so rare as to be worth dying for. Blood ties are irrelevant in all cases

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#19061

well that confirms my theory

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#19062

No and no. (Just donā€™t tell me everytime we meet)

#19063

Okay, now we want to know what you think about the morality of the acts described in the three scenarios featured in this activity. After that, weā€™re pretty much done with the asking you questions stage, and weā€™ll let you know what weā€™ve discovered about your moral framework.

A Sonā€™s Promise: Redux

Carl Bianchiā€™s mother was very ill. On her deathbed she asked him to promise that he would visit her grave at least once a week. Carl didnā€™t want to disappoint his mother, so he promised that he would. But after his mother died, he didnā€™t keep his promise. He was too busy. He didnā€™t tell anyone about his promise, and he has never felt guilty for failing to do as he said he would.

Was Carl Bianchi morally wrong not to keep the promise he made to his mother on her deathbed?

Yes
No

#19064

i thought magnus was new ngl I did not realize they was here in 2019

#19065

no

greatly disgusted

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#19066

any potential child would be harmed by the genetic instability caused