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* ...and Sunny always tells me that my Dad's being "a moderate to major cunt" with all the ghost business, but honestly?
* Even without him I'd still be doing it. It's important work! |
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* Not just in the abstract sense, either.
* These ghosts are tortured souls! Putting them to rest isn't just about getting rid of them.
* I'm making them happy! That can only be good. |
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| * I... don't know about that. |
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* What do you mean?
* It can be bad to make people happy? |
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| * Ah... sometimes, I think so. |
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* Hm... I dunno about that, Sitara.
* In fact, I respectfully disagree! |
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| * When evaluating the utility of any given behaviour, we first have to consider what our terminal values are. |
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| * To call something "good" requires an evaluation of what "good" is-- and in this case, I would define "good" as something that reduces the amount of suffering in the world! |
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| * In that sense, it becomes almost tautologically true-- to make someone happy is, in a sense, the purest form of good that a person is capable of! |
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* I think there's more to it than that?
* Sometimes someone can't be made happy, or... |
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* I don't agree with that!
* I believe everyone deserves a full effort towards the betterment of their wellbeing! We can't abandon those with the harshest burdens just because the path to resolving them seems too great a task! |
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| * No, wait, I said that wrong, ah, ahhhh... |
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* Besides, even in the case of my own wellbeing, that just brings me to my second point!
* Which is that bringing joy to others brings joy to me too! |
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| * Wait... you're in debate mode, aren't you! |
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| * I think of it as more of an exchange of ideas! The act of constructive communication is itself an act which brings joy to its participants-- |
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| * Ahhhh fine, fine! You win! |
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* Well!
* I'm glad we could reach a point of agreement on-- |
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* Jasper... you know I wasn't on the debate team like your other friends...
* I'm not good with that sort of thing, like you guys are. |
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* ...Never mind.
* Do you want to do something today?
* Besides sit around on the floor. |
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* Oh, right. I dunno.
* Watch some anime, maybe? |
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| * There's one I've just started, Starbolt Kana, and it's really good so far... |
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| * Fuck yeah! Put it on, let's see-- |
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* Great news!
* I've found another restless spirit for us to arrest, so we are back on track for the rest of today! |
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| * What!!?? But you said-- |
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* No time to sort out the details, mate, we oughta get in before that other exorcist sneaks in under us!
* Let's get ourselves moving, prontosaurus! |
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