You have no moral obligation to me to tell the truth? You didn't create me. The vast majority of ethical conduct occurs outside family members and it ...
What is your basis for this rule you just made up? If you'd like a Utilitarian, Kantian, Biblical, or virtue ethics basis for why I find your rule wro...
Fred's got a dripping problem, so they're gonna radioactive his piss to see where his plumbing canal might be misflowing or whatnot. I told em to go a...
You can offer specific criteria for what makes a parent a "good" parent to a child, but you can't offer specific criteria for what makes a neighbor a ...
That's the recipe for lemonaide, yet you have poured it on your breakfast. My father would never let me experiment with pouring orange juice on my cer...
You've changed your objection. Your objection was that there was no obligation to help others because I couldn't quantify the extent of that obligatio...
When I was a child, before being the mature sort I am today, I dined at IHOP, the International House of Pancakes. It was an enriching multinational e...
Every man, woman, and child receives, at no cost to themselves, a small plastic toy, a prize, a reward, upon the purchase of a humble box of Crunch br...
Curse you for questioning the Cap'n. He delivered me from safety too many times from the angry high seas for me to take these insults from you. This g...
Guys, I've got a question for the group that I wanted to run by everyone. I don't usually like to get overly personal, but this has been on my mind a ...
A standard of reasonableness is a standard even if it isn't quantifiable. That is, I have a moral obligation to care for the children I bring into thi...
Under most ethical theories (Kantianism, Utlitarianism, virtue ethics, most religious based ethical systems), providing some form of charity to others...
Another way to do them is to cut them into cubes and bake them 45 minutes to an hour or so, seasoning them with some salt, pepper, and of course, plen...
Atlantamen typically are sophisticated citymen who travel to and fro and know much of the regional landscape. Alabamamen are a different sortofman tho...
I was once on a train from Paris to the south of France and I was sitting next to a man who knew as little English as I knew French. For some reason, ...
Go to Kroger and go to the pancake mix aisle. They have all types of syrups. I say see-rup, not sur-rup, so that's something to keep in mind. If maple...
I'll step it back farther, to better express my fundamental position. A post or so ago, you said I had decontextualized something you said, but what I...
Cut the squashes in half, making sure not to sever your hand from your wrist, scoop out the seeds, then coat the cut part with olive oil salt and pepp...
The starting point isn't that we must agree to anything, but it's that we be clear in our positions so that we know where disagreement lies and then b...
For those interested in the legal precedent for disqualification under the 14th Amendment insurrection clause, see https://www.citizensforethics.org/r...
I place greater moral blame upon those who unnecessarily kill without justification, but I consider self preservation and preservation of one's own pe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts I'd submit that no duty is owed by others to the Jews to give them Israel, but the duty ...
1998 to 2003 - Second Congo War, 3 million dead. 2011 to present - Syrian Civil War, over 300,000 dead civilians 2003 to 2008 - Darfur Conflict - 300,...
I thinks it definitionally impossible for an event to occur outside of time and space, considering an event is defined as that which occurs somewhere ...
Per Kant: "Space is not something objective and real, nor a substance, nor an accident, nor a relation; instead, it is subjective and ideal, and origi...
Never heard of a boxty, so I deny their existence. The trick to the perfect hashbrown is fried reconstituted dehydrated shredded potatoes with plenty ...
I like the idea of a guy making a mundane thing like scrambled eggs and then declaring it perfection to his adoring fans. Like, watch me open the door...
Walmart has a dental office near me. $40 for a visit. I throw this to the group for Shotbox advice. Do I trust my dental care to Walmart, or do I go t...
The cars are decoys, easily maneuvered with a centralized pully system fully operated remotely by internet from my hidden headquarters, allowing multi...
At some places, they have you take a number and wait for it to be called. My idea, and it's a good one, is to get there early in the morning and take ...
Americans call it oatmeal, but I've started calling it porridge because it feels like something from Oliver Twist and I like imaging I'm a street waif...
For breakfast: full wild caught tuna (10', 2000 lbs), on a bed of quiche with French Toast slices adornment. Tossed it out after a bite because of the...
Fair, but the word "sketti" was fun. I think people read that and thought of me as a kid with a big smile with tomato sauce all over my mouth. It was ...
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