Thread: An Unfortunate Dualist

Originally Posted by Pensive Patrick

We're talking about the existence of a soul and it's relation to the physical body.

That's the problem I'm having when I read this. It says this drug kills the soul, but the body continues to function in exactly the same manner. What has been removed by the drug? What has changed? All it says is that "the soul" has been removed, yet "the soul" is left undefined. It might as well be wondering what happens when we take away our habblemaffer.

Originally Posted by Mark75

That's the problem I'm having when I read this. It says this drug kills the soul, but the body continues to function in exactly the same manner. What has been removed by the drug? What has changed? All it says is that "the soul" has been removed, yet "the soul" is left undefined. It might as well be wondering what happens when we take away our habblemaffer.

Bingo. That's the point the story drives home.