This statement suggests two things: (1) that loyalty is secondary to whatever it is that makes something good; and (2) that loyalty in itself isn't go...
You wouldn't though, would you? (Because you're crazy). :D An ethical point of view is the only relevant point of view, given that we're discussing mo...
That's crazy. And no, everyone doesn't. In some cases, many people share my view that they should be lauded for doing the right thing in difficult cir...
On the contrary, if they're bad enough, and if you subscribe to a duty-based ethics, then it's your overriding duty to betray them. Either way, it'd b...
But it is good to betray bad principles, people, etc., whether you dislike it or or not. (Unless perhaps it was over something lacking significance). ...
Wow. Really? Loyalty above all of the others, high authority, and harm at the bottom? That's so wrong. :-} Loyalty is one of the least relevant. I can...
Did you? I don't remember that. :D Anyway, we agreed about the right to have an abortion in reasonable circumstances; that it should be legal in most ...
That's just speculation, and I can do that too. For example, the way I see it, they're the effects of a celestial teapot. It is crystal clear at this ...
I can't recall much that we have disagreed about politically other than in that discussion on abortion, where we were also in agreement. And I thought...
Interesting. So me, you and Crank are on the same page. I was determined to complete it, even though on my first attempt the webpage refreshed 40 ques...
I might've known that at some point, but if so, I must've forgotten it. I thought that the experts had concluded that it was probably spread by fleas,...
Bob is partly to blame in both cases, and bears some responsibility. He agreed to do something, then he fucked up, and this caused the financial cost ...
It seems that backpedaling is the order of the day across the pond. Although we've had our fair share of it over here after the EU referendum - whatev...
Conclusion: ban deer and other such prey from being taught logic. They must be kept dumb for the sake of their own survival. No, no, no. They just did...
https://youtu.be/mSy5mEcmgwU I'm actually inclined to agree with your point about the relationship between the immigration ban and a Muslim ban. But I...
No. No it isn't. Not at all. This is very clearly about Trump; not Americans. Your speculation is way off the mark. And it wouldn't even be a Trump ba...
It isn't an appeal to the government, which I agree is inept in many ways. It is a petition to the UK Parliament. And it succeeded in forcing the UK P...
No, I don't think you have. You've replied, but that isn't the same thing. Are you sure you're not a troll? Because that is pretty funny. Even if you ...
That isn't what I asked for. I made reference to evidence that an existing God is a more likely cause of all of these effects than any other possible ...
It wouldn't make much sense to answer that question without going into specifics, but if you do so, you could probably answer the question yourself by...
Compared to a sound deductive argument, yes, of course it is. I don't think any reasonable person would claim that the scientific method is without fl...
Then you should further clarify your claim. What are you claiming, more precisely? That an existing God is a more likely cause of all of these effects...
Formal fallacies, such as affirming the consequent, only have relevance to deductive arguments, in which the conclusion necessarily follows. Science i...
That's one of the worst arguments I've seen in a long time. You'd need another argument to show that this is God and not merely imagination, feeling, ...
I am the 1,815,561st person to have added their signature to a petition to the UK Parliament to prevent Donald Trump from making a State Visit to the ...
Ty Segall's new self-titled album. Love Ty, but don't like this album as much as his previous albums. These two tracks stand out: https://youtu.be/3dN...
When I said that it isn't quite so black and white, I meant that it doesn't have to be either one or the other. To represent the majority vote would i...
Given what I said, it couldn't be in the delegate sense, except by coincidence. Both in this case. I'm not making a general point about the details of...
It isn't quite so black and white, but in this case, given its context, I think that they should be representing the majority vote. It's a false analo...
I haven't even used the term "anti-democratic", and I said that it's about failing to be representative. Of course there is. The result of the referen...
No, that's wrong. What do you think that their job entails as a representative and member of the House of Commons? Being freely elected is merely how ...
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