in thread "BAP: The Right of the Stronger and the Better": One question I've been trying to answer is this : are there other grounds except aesthetic to prefer the higher type of life ? Why should we care if it is mere life that proliferates, yeast life to use BAP's terminology, or the nobler, the creature with gr... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 9.0 9.0 One question I've be (view hidden) log in to judge received 9.0 9.0 Related question, surrounding discussions that have appeared here recently. How do we draw out an imperative from the descriptive ? On what grounds do we surpass the Humean IS -- OUGHT distinction ? Is it simply a matter of a leap of faith ? Or does the co... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 6.3 6.3 Related question, su (view hidden) log in to judge received 6.3 6.3 So this comes back to my question on it being essential an aesthetic appreciation one cannot reduce to verbal formulas to explain away ?... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 7.5 7.5 So this comes back t (view hidden) log in to judge received 7.5 7.5 I am sympathetic to this view. Do you have any intuitions on the possible avenues of our path-of-life ? I am not quite sure what you mean. 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.3 3.3 I am sympathetic to (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.3 3.3