Skip to content
Carmelics
Topics
Thinkers
Changes
Contributors
Loading account…
Statements
321,452
Perspectives
108,905
Topics
42
Home
/
Original
/
inverse
See Original
Inverse View
It is not the case that If future goods have genuine value, the appropriate response to their loss is grief, not cultivated indifference engineered to suppress that recognition.
?
Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.
Reasons For
1 perspective
Reason for
?
1.
Grief and indifference are not exhaustive options; reasoned acceptance of loss without suppression is a third response.
?
How convincing is this?
Think about whether this reason is strong or weak
2.
Cultivated indifference need not deny a good's value—it may rationally prioritize present well-being over rumination on unavoidable loss.
?
How convincing is this?
Think about whether this reason is strong or weak
3.
The claim conflates appropriate grief with the claim that all emotional reactions to loss track genuine value accurately.
?
How convincing is this?
Think about whether this reason is strong or weak
Reasons Against
1 perspective
Reason against
?
1.
Emotional authenticity to genuine loss is psychologically healthy and epistemically honest about what we actually value.
?
How convincing is this?
Think about whether this reason is strong or weak
2.
Engineered emotional suppression treats the mind as a tool to serve predetermined conclusions rather than tracking reality.
?
How convincing is this?
Think about whether this reason is strong or weak
3.
Grief honors the genuine value of what's lost; indifference denies that value exists, which is a false claim if it does.
?
How convincing is this?
Think about whether this reason is strong or weak
Next step
Based on where you are in your exploration
Strongest counterpoint
Explore the most compelling reason on the other side.