No, why would there be? I suppose that you could say that there's a conflict more broadly, in that a consequence of the variation of feelings means th...
If we have rights in an ethical and subjective sense, then why wouldn't it be true or the case that we have rights (in accordance with the aforementio...
Why? Because people disagree? People disagree regardless, and always will. No, it's neither of those things. It's not the former because that's simply...
It's not that simple, and it's not as absurd as it sounds. I'm not so much saying that they're not real, as that they're not objective. They're as rea...
I agree, but then there doesn't need to be. It doesn't have to be universal. There are enough of us where I'm from for it to be the norm. What do you ...
Right. The typical anti-natalist stuff always involves responses where people explain why they think that people are entitled to have children, wherea...
Yes. You attacked a much simpler and weaker stance which you came up with yourself: What you're quoting out of context is a logical consequence of wha...
It definitely isn't, because those whose arguable justification depends on the existence of a Creator have the infinitely harder task of first establi...
We're entitled to have children by default, in accordance with liberalism, and we only lose that entitlement if there's a valid reason for it, which w...
What of it? I'm not a realist on rights, and I'm the one who made the claim. There's no contradiction there because obviously as an ethical anti-reali...
On the contrary, it's because I'm interested in actual philosophy that I'm so critical of lines of inquiry which are a waste of time because we alread...
You made a point about a circular definition without addressing my criticism that you know the answer to your question without my assistance, and that...
You're deliberately picking examples which are more likely to skew the outcome in your favour, just like Terrapin Station has done a couple of times n...
Okay, so... what? You expect me to believe that you haven't a clue what a right is, what it entails, and that you can't think up any examples, despite...
I understand that this is a philosophy forum. I joined it years before you did. And of course I understand what entitlement is. Why should I care abou...
Hardly. And I only felt it necessary to clarify in greater detail because you were evidently so confused over my initial more brief and straightforwar...
You can't risk basing your decision on the notion of safe seats. What were thought to be safe seats were taken by both of the main parties in the last...
It's not a perpetual roller coaster, it's a perpetual roller coaster ride if you never reach a point where it isn't worth continuing. Personally, I'd ...
No, it's basic reasoning of a form we all make all of the time: that's worth doing, so let's do it. Not that it matters, but it's easy to think of cou...
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Of course it does. What an absurd denial. Yes, there's a distinction, and obviously the reasoning is that because life is an experience worth living t...
Yeah we can. Look around you. You'll see a world full of people. People have been sure enough to make that decision for hundreds of years. Your object...
Exactly. I completely agree. That's what I mean about how shortsighted what he said is. It's like he either hasn't thought it through properly, or wor...
This is astoundingly shortsighted when you think about it. I was a child once. You were a child once. We all were a child once. We've all hurt and bee...
I deliberately ignored that because it should be blindingly obvious what I was referring to. How many times have I referred you to the remarks deliver...
Entitlement is part of ethics. It means having a right. You don't seem to understand what entitlement is. It isn't the same as freedom. Your question ...
Do you not understand what entitlement means? And regarding what you say about people not wanting their child to hurt anyone or get hurt, that's fine....
Did you not read the remarks delivered by the judge in Choudary’s sentencing? Did you not read about the cases linked to Choudary's hate speech? The j...
Try not to lose track. It shouldn't be that difficult to follow the logic. We were talking about the media publishing a censored hate speech, as oppos...
No, I'm not suggesting that it's true because lots of people believe it, I'm suggesting that it's none of your business to presume that you know bette...
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