Validity alone doesn't make an argument good. If I take one of the premises: If I value something it is not necessarily morally valuable, it leads to ...
happiness, joy girl for a boy we all seek it disagree? not a bit it's worth more than the bestest whore to the lustful sailor with unquenchend ardor a...
Good call. I've been relying heavily on wikipedia these last few years. I haven't had time nor the resources to crosscheck facts but by and large ther...
You have to prove "a god" is necessary based on considering morals to be subjective. You did this by firstly, requiring so, denying humans to be the s...
I still don't understand the necessity for God. Your argument was that humans can't be the valuators of morals because they can hold differing values ...
An antonym for suicide, killing oneself, would be giving life to oneself. I think unenlightened said it best: "giving birth to oneself". At first this...
My question is why the need for a final/ultimate valuator (god) for morals? Your answer is that we need god because humans have values that aren't nec...
Why not? The argument begins from there in my view. How did you realize that values need subjects/valuators? From recognizing your own and other peopl...
Let's see... 1. Moral exist only in the mind as it's a form of value 2. Human minds can't be the receptacle of moral values because we value things ot...
Well, how do you know that moral values are not just a human mental activity? We value morals. Why the need for another mind to value morals? Why the ...
To shut someone up would be like sewing up a goose's ass. It's intent is stop unwanted and harmful things from seeing the light of day but it's just t...
Can't the process of judging value be made objective? So, while a subject values x or not the valuation itself is objective? It would be like someone ...
I don't think agnostic atheists are unaware of the difference between knowledge and proof. It's simply choosing one side to live life by despite a lac...
Great words :up: Living in a fool's paradise is a well-known phrase. Does that mean intelligent people reside in hell? I don't know. Perhaps to see ha...
I don't see a problem in saying there's no proof but I don't believe in God (agnostic atheist). In fact this can be necessary when you want to decide ...
Can I say something? Nonexistence -> Existence (birth of I) -> Pain Stage 1: Nonexistence Stage 2: Existence (birth of the I) Stage 3: Pain The sequen...
We need to rethink the entire relationship between meat and humans who consume them. Proponents of veganism point to the ethical transgression of kill...
I can't wrap my head around your question :rofl: You should've asked Einstein/Minkowski this question. They would've laughed or wept. I don't know whi...
I see we have to subscribe. :rofl: You're right though. If I could understand anything the title suggests we don't know how drugs work. I wish I could...
1. God's promised life is opposed to God's threatened death 2. This life is eternal . This life is God's promised life Therefore 3. Death is eternal T...
Have you seen anything to the contrary? Everyone would be surprised, even shocked, if you have. One piece of evidence that may or may not convince you...
That's right. Is there a grey area between respect and disrespect? I think there is but usually people seem to have limits e.g. Hitler's vegetarianism...
:rofl: The road is narrow no leader to follow a tightrope actually on both sides folly god is a guard ethics is hard do we forfeit freedom or surfeit?...
Imagine a world where everyone adopts behavior that is universalizable. Wouldn't all immoral behavior be absent? I would really like to see an immoral...
I'd like your views on the following as regards to conjunction Hume claimed that causality is simply a habit of the mind - when a conjunction of event...
@"Echarmion" You made use of a particular word "conjunction" that's important. Was it Hume who used "conjunction" in his views on causation? I don't r...
Very important observation. If we can reject causation then we can admit freewill. So, we could say, continuing down that road, causation is just a pa...
Two things: 1. We have an ability to deny ourselves. We can say no to delicious cake or ice cream 2. Self-awareness The more self-aware we become the ...
We can verify memories but imaginary things can't be corroborated. For example everyone remembers the 9/11 tragedy but someone's imagination lacks thi...
Quantification (numbers) is the problem and also the solution. It's the solution because once we have the numbers we can understand. It's the problem ...
:lol: I like tea :zip: Firstly a thought experiment specifically denies the wriggle room to the worm to highlight a real problem with a concept. So I ...
I'll offer an analogy. Imagine the color red = Newton's laws. The instruments used to "prove" Newton's laws can be considered as a pair of red-tinted ...
Double the trouble for the Church? 1. Miracle cures unproven 2. Divine nepotism :rofl: By and large "miracle cures" are coincidences within the curren...
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