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Philosophical zombies have been long debated about since the 1970s. A philosophical zombie is a zombie that looks just like us, can walk, talk, drive cars and even react to raised levels of cortisol, (pain) and yet there is no person inside the body experiencing any of it. In essence, such a creature would be a biological robot. Much of what they do is just like what we do, but they are purely physical, with no self-awareness and no consciousness whatsoever.
If there is no person inside a philosophical zombie, (no consciousness), then the body would be merely reacting to stimuli without purpose or meaning, thus becoming completely unable to restrain itself from attempting to satisfy it's biological urges and impulses even when it is obviously inappropriate or immoral to do so.
To them, there is no reason to care about the suffering of others, as they cannot experience suffering themselves. THey are unable to relate to emotions or the value of life, because they unable to have them.
To me, philosophical zombies are exactly what violent criminals are. THere is no excusing their behavior, because a thinking, feeling and actually sentient human being would never murder or rape someone.
Seems most people are too afraid to talk about this. I could care less personally what anyone thinks of me.
TO those who have balls, what do you think?
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