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It's essential to live a healthy, fully functioning, and more fulfilling life. I reject only the metaphysical associations. I do, however, think that ...

It might conflict with my Pastafarianism, and South Park did a pretty good job of making a mockery of it. Yes. Doesn't everyone?

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start. That should work.

Yes. Damn it, you caught me out before I could edit out the mistake. :D

So you judge the entire gaming culture based on its excessive elements? That doesn't seem fair. If we apply that standard across the board, then that ...

It's a source of entertainment, just like TV, or whichever sport you follow, which I probably find a bore. Over here, the big thing is the overrated y...

It shouldn't be mystifying to point out two simple truths behind the Panama Papers: 1. These people had selfish motives. 2. The political and legal sy...

Bitter Crank is correct to point out the difference between judging and being judgemental, or even the tendency to judge and being judgemental. There ...

No, actually, I'm not assuming any sort of telos. I'm an existential nihilist. We can learn from life experience, but life isn't there to do the teach...

I find that ironic coming from someone who harps on about virtue, and is probably the most judgemental member of the forum. As for the abortion issue,...

No, that there would be no discord is what would make it not only imperfect, but nightmarish.

Hanover calls himself a common sense conservative. There isn't much sense in your views on those topics - whether common or otherwise. Take abortion, ...

Perfect?! It would be nightmarish, for the same reason that a world of Stepford wives would be nightmarish, and for the same reason that a world in wh...

Perhaps "absolute" was the wrong word to use, but what I said matters because your comment that I was replying to assumes - mistakenly, I'd argue - th...

I get it my way, like Burger King tells me.

If the principle of the prevention of harm is not absolute and at the core of the ethics, then necessity in that regard isn't necessary to counter the...

Rainbow Six: Siege is the best game I've played in a while. The Division is all the rage right now. I played the Beta and thought it was alright, but ...

Now you're sounding like TGW. I don't get my philosophy from television shows or McDonald's ads.

That's basically what I've been saying, but I don't think that it's necessary to go to such extremes. The point applies to any case in which the suffe...

I think you've missed the mark there. Natural? Yes. Law? No. It's about human nature, not the nature of the universe. And I'm not ruling out the highl...

I'm curious about what the argument for that is, because on the face of it, it looks like special pleading. But don't feel like you have to explain it...

So, more of a social liberalism, and not economic liberalism?

Then we're on the same page in that respect. In the 'Political Affiliation' thread, you described yourself as a Classical Conservative liberal.

I agree that there is no duty to create people that may experience pleasure, but I don't think that the morality of it depends upon it being a matter ...

Your accusations are baseless, though. All you have shown is that a misinterpretation leads to absurdity: a clear example of attacking a straw man. Yo...

He can't agree with that without conceding much of what he fervently disputed in the recent disagreement between him and I. Despite my qualification, ...

This is where your political affiliation becomes a hindrance. Conservativism and liberalism are hardly the best tools at our disposal for rooting out ...

Isn't that begging the question, given that whether or not he chose to hit your car, or could have chosen otherwise, is what's at issue? If it was a c...

I do think that we can still say those sorts of things, without speaking gibberish, to get the point across, though. It's like saying that so-and-so i...

That brings up lots and lots of Bob Johnsons and similar names in the search results. Too much to sift through. But you have mine if you want to add m...

Do you guys play on a console or a PC? If console, which one? I have a PS4. PSN: TigerSpirit. (In case anyone that happens to read this wants to add m...

True. It's a natural act, and self-interest is present within human nature, so if they can exploit the situation for the sake of themselves - even if ...

Yeh, Vikings is okay. Good even. The Walking Dead, on the other hand, is great. Highly recommend it. Fear The Walking Dead, too, which is a prequel. A...

I watched that some time ago. Good stuff. Shame there's only one season available. I quickly got through it, and then I forgot about it until you just...

No, not everyone in business sets out to ruthlessly exploit the situation in a nation in which market fundamentalism has eroded the qualities of a jus...

Indeed, and that's a good point. It cuts both ways.

I already explained what I meant in the quote that you replied to. I meant that, as a consequence, what was a possibility would become an impossibilit...

I missed this one. By the way, I've edited some of my replies for sake of clarity - not that I expect it'll do much good. It's important to note that ...

Awesome. I wasn't aware. That's moral relativism. I think that it's true, in a sense, or at least that it brings out or emphasises some truth which ot...

I know. It was tongue-in-cheek. I was mimicing the criticism that keeps being directed at me by others in this discussion, and by one person in partic...

Look, I think that your intentions are good. The goal to reduce suffering seems like a good one, but I think that you go too far by endorsing extincti...

Unfortunate for who?! The unborn don't exist! Hurr durr. Guess who?

Turncoat!

Lynch the bitch.

What did you type in to get us at 7th place? In my search results, "philosophy forum" without quotes is 6th, and with quotes is 4th. I don't think it'...

Yes, I'm a fan of Game of Thrones. I've not read the books. I've already joined the Night's Watch. Well, a gaming community with it's namesake. :D

I get that you're too stubborn to let this go, despite my repeated clarifications, and that you're hell bent on picking the most uncharitable of inter...

What I said was that we cannot consult non-existent people or babies. What you said was that it is not possible to give someone the opportunity to dec...

Hear, hear!

Obviously. I said as much myself in the next part of what you quoted. And that is where we disagree. This is where the disagreement is substantial, an...