Getting from “other people’s minds are probably similar to mine” to “I care about other people’s minds” still requires some implicit premises or some psychological features beyond egoism (e.g. empathy).
That’s a better response to Will’s post than to the Donne quote. Donne only states that all humans influence each other’s existence to some minimal degree, butterfly-effect-style (I would object, incidentally, that such influence may not always be desirable); it’s Will that brings up the similarities between humans as his moral foundation.
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Getting from “other people’s minds are probably similar to mine” to “I care about other people’s minds” still requires some implicit premises or some psychological features beyond egoism (e.g. empathy).
Specifically it requires “I care about myself” with saner boundaries around what counts as ‘self’ as the implicit premise.
Added: Any specific reason for the downvote?
Evolution (of genes and/or memes) is probably sufficient to generate this.
That’s a better response to Will’s post than to the Donne quote. Donne only states that all humans influence each other’s existence to some minimal degree, butterfly-effect-style (I would object, incidentally, that such influence may not always be desirable); it’s Will that brings up the similarities between humans as his moral foundation.
Indeed. But my comment was a reply to Will’s.
Mine eyes, they deceive me! Deleted.
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