Poor Joe cant afford a lawyer when the cops harass him, so he prays. He cant afford a decent diet or preventative healthcare, so he prays. His childre...
There is a particular principle that motivates American devotees to originalism. You may be right in other contexts, but the title of this thread narr...
Sure. I think the particular focus in on originalism in Ametica is due to controversial and impactful decisions that aren't clearly within the democra...
When you examined a standard definition of "originalist" and interpreted it thereby, you were being constructionalist. If you were being originalist, ...
Clinton's personality turned people off, where Trump was energizing. That's the secret to the success of the email fiasco. Hunter and his father are b...
I think we agree, then. Since the court could find itself with the future of the USA in its hands, we wouldnt want to create an extremely rigid court....
:up: If you ever do come across it, Id value your opinion. Could originalism in the court could lead to cival war? Some commentators say it was origin...
I think a lot of Amerucans want Biden to take us backward at least to the Obama era where providing health insurance, being a member among Pacific sta...
But do you want to be useful like an object? Sometimes it seems the whole world has lined up to use me for something. Am I doing the same thing? Am I ...
Correct. The Court has circumvented a crippled congress in some cases. You're saying some mud slipped through the bypass they created. I think the for...
I've been thinking about this. I like having both on the court. It's good to have justices ram through social changes that most Americans want, but co...
I recently talked to a travelling nurse who was in NY when it was really bad. She showed us pictures of a hallway turned into an ICU. She said all sor...
If we call it the spirit of life, its beauty and grandeur only come into focus from the vantage point of the grave. And the day may come when you need...
Maybe for you, but it was a cornerstone of the European medieval world view. The wheel of fortune was a symbol of it. It's just as much a part of huma...
When time was born, you were already there in potential waiting for your turn on the stage. You were always destined to make the above post in just th...
It was like c. I'm a little Aspy, so sometimes I do struggle to put my thoughts into words, but free will/determinism is old territory for me. "Voliti...
Right, this is the gap in your logic. You insist that reason implies volition, but you cant explain how (and you admit that it may not be possible to ...
Cool, so you agreed with the thrust of that post: that the argument you presented boils down to the intuition that much of human behavior appears to b...
No, but I'm surprised that you don't. The argument you present is similar to what's known as the Clockmaker argument. It's a rationalist argument for ...
I think you'd agree that what you've said of science applies equally to making a shopping list. If I understand you correctly, meaning is the sticking...
If a determinist wants to make a metaphysical assertion, she must allow that humans are capable of making assertions. Are you saying that volition is ...
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