And you've endorsed the kind of military intervention which has failed in the past and arguably made matters worse, so you shouldn't be so cocksure, a...
I don't have all the answers. Sorry, it isn't that simple. Obviously we should do what we can within reason and morality, but, as you know, I have mor...
Well, if it is a wild goose chase, then that would be a sensible step in the right direction. Next step: don't dwell upon it and despair to no avail, ...
Discrimination. Nice. I thought that you were better than that, but you seem to have shown your true colours here. I think that Baden was right. You r...
The law is a red herring, since this is about ethics. Are you actually blaming me for your own gross misunderstanding? If you want to put words into m...
This seems to have digressed too far from my original point. I don't feel obliged to defend the past actions of the British government or any hypothic...
But there obviously is, so you must be seeking some special kind of meaning. The ordinary type is good enough for me. It seems as though you're settin...
I think you've got it backwards. Suffering's here; it's part and parcel of life. We should focus on reasonably reducing it, rather than endorse unreal...
Your position leads the premature cessation of all things good in life. That is also a fact. My position also prevents suffering; just not all sufferi...
They were like Laurel and Hardy, except that one of them had a really big moustache, and they were from different parts of the world, and they lived h...
For the most part, yes. I'm certainly not as willing to readily endorse military intervention as you are. I can't help but find the thought condemnabl...
Then why bring them up? There doesn't need to be. It's not about valour. It's about doing the right thing, and it's about understanding context and ex...
I didn't "neglect" to ask them. I didn't ask them because the answers won't alter the fact that these actions are authorised and undertaken by people ...
Because we're talking about a matter of life or death, actions which have and do cause severe devastation and destruction to the lives of innocent civ...
They have. That you think otherwise, is, I suspect, a result of your warped understanding of humanitarianism. The first thing that I found upon googli...
And since the sort of military intervention that you've cited as examples of so-called humanitarian military intervention cause the very problem that ...
Let's be clear about this: either neither of us are committing an "is-ought fallacy" or we both are. Please stop superficially attempting to make your...
Then you must have a poor understanding of what humanitarianism consists of, because it doesn't consist of causing the very problem it sets out to rem...
Mountain of sarcasm? I like that. How about the point up above above about the apparent contradiction between humanitarianism and military interventio...
I have done, and others can see that I have done, but it seems that you cannot, so you've chosen to ignore it - which is no skin off my back. But I wo...
Yes. No. That is taking what I said out of context. The full context is important. Yes. Yes, more or less. I object to that phrasing, but I stand by m...
The irony is that you're being the most unproductive person involved in this discussion, due your unwillingness to set aside trivialities and concentr...
Yes. No. We live in a world in which one is susceptible to harm. I'm saying that that isn't sufficient reason to be against creating a new being. Sure...
This one. The one where you've tried to justify actions which lead to the sort of thing that happened to the boy in the photo, or worse, by attaching ...
For starters, given our many discussions on this subject, you should know by now that "must" and "have to" have no place in my view about procreation....
That's not a flaw in virtue ethics, it's a flaw with ancient virtue ethicists. And it's easy to point out flaws in some of the views of historical eth...
What's with these replies that consist of just a short sentence? They aren't helpful at all. Okay, pain is not equivalent to suffering. Not sure I agr...
Yes, I think you are giving it more nuance than it warrants. He even has graphs to show what he means. There is no middle ground. It's either eudaimon...
Well, all the worse for you and anyone who shares your bizarre view - which is, I think, fortunately a tiny minority. I know that seems dismissive, bu...
I was hoping that it wouldn't be as misguided as it sounded, but unfortunately, after following your link, I realise that it is indeed that bad. I mea...
This. And I tend to think along consequentialist lines, as is common. What repugnant conclusion would that be? And how does sufficientarianism lead to...
I didn't just call names, though, did I? If that's all you've got from my posts, then I suggest you go back and read them more carefully. I don't mind...
No, not just possibility. It's practically inevitable that you'll get a splinter at some point in your life, just like it's practically inevitable tha...
But this is a ludicrous criticism, since there can only be one way to truly and absolutely prevent suffering from occurring, and that way is - rightly...
That's just not true, though. For example, I recall seeing video footage of Dawkins and Hitchens doing just what I've said, and they've no doubt addre...
Damn. You just me realise that I'm more emotional about my cat than that boy in the photo. The latter isn't as close to home. I'm quite indifferent an...
But that's after the fact: the killing will have already either taken place or not taken place. My point stands: no amount of legislation can prevent ...
You're right that there is no legislation which can prevent women from killing that which is living and growing inside of them, an unborn human, if th...
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