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Banno: Says things.
February 01, 2022 at 21:17
I would say that is probably influenced by a dualistic approach at seeing oneself and one's own actions. The pre-frontal cortex alloe, in conjunction ...
February 01, 2022 at 21:14
China is much, much worse. But, I don't stand to defend states and never will. No, it is specifically this concession that allows for the existence of...
February 01, 2022 at 20:57
It constitutes an act of sovereignty over one's own self and the exercise of the sole right to the action therein contained. Human action is sovereign...
February 01, 2022 at 20:35
No, that's not the case because even those impulses are self-generated, either by one's nature, or one's considerations. One cannot be a slave to them...
February 01, 2022 at 19:51
On the ground, anywhere I choose, and because I'm the one doing it. Again, acting in voluntary co-operation with other people is still an exercise in ...
February 01, 2022 at 19:09
My bad it must have auto corrected, here's what I meant to write: Freedom is individual human action, as is demanded by your nature, independent of in...
February 01, 2022 at 18:32
I think it is. I'm not separating percieved aspects of will. I'm say free will doesn't exist, we know this because 99% of our cognition is subconsciou...
February 01, 2022 at 18:23
Freedom is individual human action, as is demanded by your nation, independent of interpersonal coercion. I know what freedom is because one, words ha...
February 01, 2022 at 17:22
Hehaha!
February 01, 2022 at 17:03
This doesn't address anything, it merely takes the concept of freedom and describes it as slavery. The ability of the individual, who may be a slave t...
February 01, 2022 at 16:50
That's as ridiculous as saying, "the government respects your right to life, as if your life was handed down by God." No, property rights are the natu...
February 01, 2022 at 16:19
No, the law recognizes that my property rights are not to be violated, as there are no rights without property rights. It doesn't grant me them, it re...
February 01, 2022 at 15:00
Great topic, Shawn. First let's define terms. Content: in a state of peaceful happiness, a state of satisfaction. Now that we have a clear working und...
February 01, 2022 at 14:50
So, no, the concept of rights begins as a conceptual method by which to assess your ethical relationship with other individuals. Meaning, ethics isn't...
February 01, 2022 at 14:10
lol, this thread title is literally: Freedom is slavery.
February 01, 2022 at 14:00
No, it's my will. Freedom isn't defined by the separation of mind and body, but body from body. My inner compulsions are irrelevant to freedom. Freedo...
February 01, 2022 at 13:58
Yes, a good way of looking at is that, just because there is the possiblity of my sovererignty being violated, doesn't mean I don't have sovereignty. ...
February 01, 2022 at 13:54
Secirty guards aren't law, and neither is the protection that I offer my property, which has been sufficient for 30 years. None of the above statement...
February 01, 2022 at 13:43
Well, no, if the activity of a polity that has a monopoly on violenece is to use that violence to violate freedoms, that actually says nothing of an i...
February 01, 2022 at 13:31
You're certainly sharing a wonderful display of neuroticism and self-contradiction. You are here sharing, sweetheart, because you have the right. You ...
February 01, 2022 at 05:33
I do, the concept doesn't require the law to enforce it. That's not an argument. Possessions and services paid for are property. Anything that belongs...
February 01, 2022 at 05:23
If there are no rights, then you have no business telling us what your opinion is on ethical topic, you've no right to share. Where as there are no ri...
January 31, 2022 at 21:52
You're projecting. You've done nothing short of angrily parrot assertions that were easily refutable that you probably picked up from Richard Wolff or...
January 31, 2022 at 20:52
Those people objectively accrue and protect their own property. Your incessant appeals to law make no difference to the processes which do not require...
January 31, 2022 at 20:50
Every single element of cognitive function contained in this message is a an elemental function of ethical assessment. Don't pidgeon-hole yourself int...
January 31, 2022 at 20:35
No worries, my friend. I'm picking up what you're putting down. However, I actually haven't read it. But, I will. -G
January 31, 2022 at 19:40
I actually promote this idea. I however, simply do not jettison the concept of rights, as it has a place on the ethical table, it's part of the of equ...
January 31, 2022 at 19:07
Although you are correct, in the exact same way you'd be correct by saying numbers don't exist, this isn't the proper way of looking at rights. As bot...
January 31, 2022 at 17:43
It's like you've never heard of the strawman fallacy. Mind you, that shit doesn't work on me. Feeding one's children is their duty, they created that ...
January 31, 2022 at 16:52
This is objectively false and I have provided you a small article on it. Private property is not a gift from the state, it is a demand from the people...
January 31, 2022 at 16:43
No, it would be entirely dependent on the nature of the cause of such pecuniary straits. And I would never help someone on the side of the road as if ...
January 31, 2022 at 15:31
Thank you, Tom. You may quote it at leisure, given that you make the appropriate citations. :cool:
January 31, 2022 at 04:25
It depends on whether or not the actions of a specific agent in a given scenario will produce effects for those beyond the agent. At a base level, uti...
January 31, 2022 at 04:19
There is no such thing as evidence of something that doesn't exist, as nonexistence leaves no evidence except absence of evidence itself.
January 31, 2022 at 04:11
Fundamentally, yes, I would say. However, I have very stron utilitarian bias. Most people don't realize that utilitarianism is fully coherent ethical ...
January 31, 2022 at 04:01
There is no evidence to suggest that post-expiration existence is a thing. From a philosophical perspective, that's pretty much all that matters as fa...
January 31, 2022 at 03:54
Oh, I see. Yes, I would agree. At the end of the day, any ethical framework is going to be the responsibility of the individual to employ. Generally s...
January 31, 2022 at 03:49
No, I'm not. I'm saying there is a difference between greedy people, which everyone hates, and that of the rationally self-interested, those who come ...
January 31, 2022 at 03:46
No, its one of the most sophisticated epistemologies there is. It furthers ethics, provides it more clarity. Again, I defer you to the multifarious et...
January 31, 2022 at 03:37
I don't know what you think you're reading. I said nothing about condoning bad behavior. Nor have I said anything about identity. I'm saying that when...
January 31, 2022 at 03:31
That is correct. Different things need to be differently emphasized. The material interests of some ARE legitimate as compared to others. Just as the ...
January 31, 2022 at 03:16
Yes, stated beautifully. So, for this dilemma I draw your attention back to me saying that Utilitarianism as a base ethical methodology is great, but ...
January 31, 2022 at 03:01
I don't know what this means. You mean to say it is hard to evaluate outcomes? Yeah, like I said, it's a really good metric that is, as far as I can t...
January 31, 2022 at 02:43
No, private property is almost exclusively protected by individual owners, via priavet security, electronic security systems, on hand weapons and defe...
January 31, 2022 at 02:36
The problem here is, because taxation is forced. and the entity that governs that collection has the monopoly on violence, there isn't a single amount...
January 31, 2022 at 01:38
So, I'll address this, but I'll keep it quick and you can tell me what you think. As far as a base level ethical framework, Utilitarianism, I hold, sh...
January 31, 2022 at 00:20
Yes, I just came to this same conclusion right before I read this.
January 30, 2022 at 17:22
Now that's an excelent question. One might look at post-revolutionary France and the advent of Bonaparte displacing the aristocracy, however that tran...
January 30, 2022 at 17:21
I would have to say yes, as it happens there's never been a Just City, yet each one the stages listed above have all existed numerous times throughout...
January 30, 2022 at 16:42