The scope of the physical world is relatively clear. Other things can be channeled by minds, allowed to observe the physical world and assign valence to its structures. Or interact with each other. I think caring about (channeling) such things is a good frame for morality.
How “clear” it is depends on how much you trust your senses, which are always in play no matter how “objective” you think it is.
“Interaction” is interpretation. Many people were surprised when I once said that “my phone taught me a valuable lesson”, when they would say it was all me. I would contend that I could say exactly the same about another human being, since really their “mind” only insists in my own as an interpretation. I can similarly interpret and model my phone’s “mind”.
One could model everything as solitaire, since it is in one sense. One could also model everything as a duo, a dialogue in action and meaning between “me” and “them/him/her/zir/whatever”.
The scope of the physical world is relatively clear. Other things can be channeled by minds, allowed to observe the physical world and assign valence to its structures. Or interact with each other. I think caring about (channeling) such things is a good frame for morality.
How “clear” it is depends on how much you trust your senses, which are always in play no matter how “objective” you think it is.
“Interaction” is interpretation. Many people were surprised when I once said that “my phone taught me a valuable lesson”, when they would say it was all me. I would contend that I could say exactly the same about another human being, since really their “mind” only insists in my own as an interpretation. I can similarly interpret and model my phone’s “mind”.
One could model everything as solitaire, since it is in one sense. One could also model everything as a duo, a dialogue in action and meaning between “me” and “them/him/her/zir/whatever”.