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Re:Philosophy tool kit by adbachman on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @02:07PM (#14044198)
The counterargument to "this is not the best of all possible worlds" from the perspectives of the people experiencing it (the world) would be to show that every single person experiencing suffering believes it to be "best." That there is no better outcome than that they suffer.

This seems unlikely to be true.

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Re:Philosophy tool kit by nemo1618 on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @04:16PM (#14045221)
>the perspectives of the people experiencing it (the world)

Well, a lot of things rest on that equivocation. Personally I consider the world to be more than just the sum of the experiences of individuals. To me, it is more like a story in which everyone plays a part.

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Re:Philosophy tool kit by samirillian on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @02:30PM (#14044391)
Huh?
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