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Triage does not concern itself with the administration of criminal justice.
May 26, 2016 at 04:01
The Turks are blackmailing and the Greeks are kicking the can down the road (across their country). Both are shameful. Facilitating the folk invasions...
May 26, 2016 at 03:39
I think of triage as simply the logical allocation of scarce resources. The only ethical consideration would be to be fair and consistent in your judg...
May 25, 2016 at 23:18
One man's asinine is another man's genius. Are you the one who plays Lucifer here?
May 25, 2016 at 23:15
I think self preservation needs to be the prime motivation, at least from a logical perspective. Heroism is appropriate when personal objective ethics...
May 25, 2016 at 23:12
Looks like lots of new members on the member list just sign up but never post anything. Wondering if they got lost somehow in the Internet jungle and ...
May 25, 2016 at 23:06
Thanks!
May 25, 2016 at 23:04
There is no big deal about any screenwriter. You might as well be quoting John Milius as Shakespeare. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
May 25, 2016 at 23:02
Workers should be free to chose to join the union or not. I like freedom. I hate slavery.
May 25, 2016 at 22:58
The other forum limits you to 60 posts per 24 hours. That is maddening. So I gave up over there and came here instead. Good to see you again!
May 25, 2016 at 22:57
I would not consider these ethics issues. These are triage issues.
May 25, 2016 at 22:56
Agnosticism is a perfectly logical and honest approach to religion. It is precisely what would be expected from a university professor or a lab techni...
May 25, 2016 at 22:53
The POTUS is a progressive activist. The current US Senate is led by conservative strict constructionists. Until the Senate changes hands and/or the o...
May 25, 2016 at 22:40
This is a really hard question. Transporting refugees across your own nation to the country on the other side of you is kicking the can down the road ...
May 25, 2016 at 22:31
When discussing modern Christianity (that which is currently practiced by Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants), I believe (no pun intended) t...
May 25, 2016 at 22:26
The above as quoted not strike me as any kind of proof simply because they are not a syllogism. They are merely two assumptions each one without any c...
May 25, 2016 at 22:19
When I eat seafood and fish I do so guilt free. When I eat any other kind of meat I feel guilty. I still do it. I just feel guilty about it.
May 25, 2016 at 22:13
Rights are conferred by governments on people. The right to work is a good thing. Without work you cannot eat. Without eating you cannot survive.
May 25, 2016 at 22:11
I remember that movie, with Donald Sutherland playing Jesus. It was creepy.
May 25, 2016 at 22:09
To me it makes more sense to quote philosophers rather than a playwright.
May 25, 2016 at 22:07
I think of morality as a subset of ethics. I think of all morality and ethics as objective not as subjective. Protagoras the Sophist believed and taug...
May 25, 2016 at 22:05
Nondisfiguring torture is only useful for interrogation. Disfiguring torture is never appropriate.
May 25, 2016 at 22:01
Target stores have a 3rd restroom that anyone can use. It is private. That would seem to be the best solution overall to a new problem that really sho...
May 25, 2016 at 21:59