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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works -3 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Necessary for what? The word necessary implies a goal. Evil also implies a religious type objective morality. I don't think though, that for the goal of living a happy life, any harm is theoretically necessary.

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Jordan Peterson, is that you? πŸ™ƒ

[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Define Jordan Peterson. Define you.

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

That's annoying, it totally displayed on my side. I think I fixed it now, but kinda ruined my joke...

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 5 points 13 hours ago

I don’t think though, that for the goal of living a happy life, any harm is theoretically necessary.

Whose happiness are we talking about? Surely if one person's happiness conflicts with someone or something that already exists, they can't both have happiness and harmlessness. (Also, what are you considering harm? Just harm to people? What about animals? Plants? The planet as a whole?)

Modern human life is inherently very harmful to a wide range of things.