That is, if you aspire to be a moral, upstanding citizen, which isn't all it's cracked up to be, truth be told. The world won't come crashing down if ...
What? If you understand the argument, then you should understand the problem with what you're attempting to do and address that problem. Maybe the arg...
Okay, so what part don't you buy, and why don't you buy it? So, what's the difference, if any, between asking "I know he is a vegan, but does he eat m...
But before you even get to the question of good for who, or what type of good, surely the meaning of "good" must precede that, otherwise how is one to...
The argument isn't supposed to solve anything, at least not directly anyway. It's not that kind of argument, as should be apparent from just a brief g...
Ah, so then presumably you accept that there's nothing uniquely praiseworthy, special or exceptional about Ayn Rand in this regard in comparison to al...
Those who are discerning will know which of my comments are to be taken seriously and which of my comments are of a more playful nature. Some are gift...
Wrong. It's rude and uncharitable to assume that your interlocutor has an underlying ulterior motive, let alone to openly speculate about what it migh...
Blimey. Arrogant much? The question is what is "good", yes? The link I provided takes you to the following argument I referenced: Premise 1: If X is (...
Well, at least it all turned out well in the end for Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment. I mean, eight years of hard labour in Siberia can't be that ...
Yes, how bizarre! I quoted what you yourself claimed and then I disputed it with a reasonable argument. Unheard of! I don't know what I was thinking. ...
But that's just it, you're not getting it: I don't need to say anything about Rand, specifically, to dismiss your ludicrous claim. You can swap Ayn Ra...
Sure, if you stick your head in the sand. If you genuinely believe that, then I seriously doubt whether you can be reasoned with. I wouldn't even say ...
Exactly. I don't think that "agenda" is necessarily the most fitting word, but otherwise yes, they're two separate things. (Arrogance and rudeness are...
No, they're demonstrably not mutually exclusive. Neither rudeness nor arrogance etc. need prevent one from being analytical or logical. I've seen that...
I will reconsider my position if you can guarantee me that I'll be rewarded with a free laptop or something similar with every lost item I return. :gr...
As opposed to the productive and successful strategy that you've employed in this discussion? From where I'm standing, it looks like you've made a moc...
No I'm not. You're confusing line spacing with full stops. For the love of God, please don't. Your "Atheist Science-Worshipper!" over the top rhetoric...
The latest news is that Trump has been photographed colouring in the American flag incorrectly, possibly copying the child sitting next to him, and ha...
That's £700, man. I mean, £700 is not £10,000, but still, I would keep it. I can't be the only one. Out of sight, out of mind. I wouldn't be haunted o...
Yes, I understand your point. I'm raising a problem with it which I don't think you've addressed in your reply. With your colour picker results, you'r...
Really? That's your example of being abusive? So, even this very reply in which I am being expressive with my disbelief at your comment constitutes ab...
Sure, you won't see it as pointless if you alter the context, as you've just done. I haven't set it up so that faith must be something against which t...
I'm not a Tory. :lol: That wouldn't be in my interest, and neither would handing back the wallet. But not everything is about self-interest, and I dra...
I'd just use my invisibility cloak. Sure, you can call it stealing, which it technically is, but it's not quite the same as stealing it off of his per...
What a pointless "if". It is, by its nature, in conflict with reason, else it wouldn't be a matter of faith. No, that's not true with regards to the m...
In more casual terms of what you should or would do, that would be closer to what I would predict. But, sticking to explicit ethical terminology, if y...
Because I know people well enough to accurately predict how they would judge a matter such as this, in simple ethical terms. And likely so do you. The...
Ultimately, it seems, that's a self-defeating position. If you can use illusions to doubt appearance, then why can't you use it to doubt your attempt ...
Why do you ask? My thoughts on the ethics of it would reach the same conclusion as most others, but that wouldn't stop me from keeping the ring in ord...
All that glitters is not gold. If religion is superior to philosophy, then it is so in much the same way that, say, Donald Trump is superior to Bernie...
If your theism is a matter of faith, then it's not reasonable, and if it's reasonable, then it's not a matter of faith. Your belief, given that it is ...
No, that's a false narrative. I'm actually doing philosophy a service by encouraging waste removal. There seems to be a common misconception, especial...
Your second question contains a false assumption. It can be either or both. And if it is set by what they feel, then these feelings typically relate t...
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