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> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:31:27 GMT, Rudy Canoza > wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:19:00 -0500, Ron > wrote:
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>>>>In article t>,
>>>>the Gonad wrote:
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>>>>>formerly known as 'cat arranger' wrote:
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>>>>>>I believe that existence is a benefit.
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>>>>>No, it isn't. A benefit is something that makes an
>>>>>entity better off; that is, something that improves the
>>>>>welfare of an entity.
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>>>>What is a "benefit" is also subjective.
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>>> Rudy has not been--and apparently never will
>>>be--able to provide an example of a definition backing
>>>up his claim.
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>>I am PROVIDING the defintion.
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>>Definition: a "benefit" is something that improves the
>>welfare of an existing entity.
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> LOL! Oops, I mean:
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> Life is the benefit which improves the welfare of an
> existing entity

There is no existing entity prior to the entity existing.

A zygote doesn't have a welfare.