anonymous66

Assuming, for the sake of argument, that we agree that a majority know they have a choice... what about those who don't know they have a choice?

I honestly don't know what you have in mind when you use the word "lust". Can we agree to this definition?: Lust: An overwhelming desire or craving: a...

What do you mean by a typical case? You must have a scenario in mind when you insist that everyone involved in the porn industry is doing what they do...

What do you mean when you say, "The normal way?"

@Chany Is it actually a choice if you don't even know there are alternatives, or if you don't have access to those alternatives?

Imagine this scenario. A child is born to a prostitute. Her mother has always been a prostitute, she is paid $1 a year, lives in squalor, has one chan...

How are you defining lust?

What about an argument like this one?: Female genitalia haven't been featured in much art over the centuries, but male genitalia have. So, women and s...

I like the question, "How does the existence of porn help people practice the virtues?" or how about, how does porn help one's progress towards moral ...

I'll attempt to answer this myself. I think many people do have the intuition, "I think porn is wrong", without being about to find the words to expre...

LOL. You've missed the point. The point would be to create a fantasy. The fantasy being that being married is cool and married sex is fantastic. So, w...

If this is the case, then won't porn just go away without anyone having to do anything about it?

Can you think of a solution?

What would you make of an argument like this one?: Porn is giving people the wrong idea. It suggests that all consensual sex is fine. What we need is ...

From this article: And this article:

What about if we're talking about race relations? Did Ghandi and MLK get it wrong? How about a case where someone's mom died while in the hospital, an...

So, you find the dead elephants, then you find the people who were responsible, and you kill them. End of story? How does that help?

1) Porn does not "reduce" said things, it is correlated with their reduction Okay, you become aware that there is something that is correlated with a ...

So, you become aware that there something that reduces rape and other sex crimes, divorce, std's, teen sex, and that increases prosocial behavior... a...

Justice, sure. I don't see that at odds with my argument that "following through on a desire to harm is not necessary." It seems to me that you want t...

What about correlations to reduction in rape and other sex crimes and increase in prosocial behavior?

I do also wonder about those who may acknowledge that porn isn't harmful (or not very harmful). In that case, what do they make of their conviction, "...

I wasn't saying anything about harm being proof of something being immoral. But, rather reasons to allow or disallow. If the claim, "it's immoral" isn...

@Arkady I suppose one could say, "if you think it's immoral, then don't watch it." and then the argument goes back to proof of harm.

There are feminist pro-pornography arguments, as well.

What I see is that those who argue that porn is not harmful, or no more harmful than other things we allow, are met with the claim "people only want p...

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/200904/does-pornography-cause-social-harm https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/201601...

Good point. I changed my post. Of course, some desires are automatic. My point is: just because we have the desire to hurt someone else, it doesn't fo...

How about, Rule No. 1: Remember, we're on a mission to make the world a better place.

You are awesome!

Thank you! How about Averroes' commentaries on Aristotle's De Anima?

Anyone else worry that we may get another Solar Storm like the Carrington Event of 1859?

In response to the question, "Why be moral?", I would suggest the question just might be analogous to the question, "just because I can do math well, ...

Would it be naive and simplistic to suggest that perhaps the point of Plato's dialogues is to argue that: no matter what knowledge is, or how to attai...

Some topics that come to mind are: How should we treat the poor? How should we treat those who disagree with something that we hold dear? What kind of...

@Wayfarer Thanks! After creating this thread, I had a renewed desire to read Plato's dialogues.

I think what I might ultimately be dealing with is my own state of aporia (I'm puzzled by the many different metaphysical beliefs and positions) and l...

I changed my post... The Euthyphro is a better example of an Aporetic Dialogue.

From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Becoming an investigator sounds interesting. Perhaps it will lead to Ataraxia.

None of Plato's dialogues ended in confusion? Not even Euthyphro? What of Aporia in Plato's dialogues?

My interest in Ancient Skepticism (basically those who followed in the footsteps of Plato- if there are no forms, then we can't have knowledge.) has o...

@Bitter Crank.... thanks for that response. (although I feel compelled to point out, that it's within the realm of possibility that those convinced of...

It came to mind when we were discussing Free Will in a class. Maybe part of it has to do with the fact that 1. I'm being confronted with the fact that...

I've argued that it's within the realm of possibility for man to one day (obviously in the far future) develop a nature and/ or qualities that are vir...

@"ernestm" How would you defend that view? Sources?

It would probably be best to stick with Aristotle himself, if possible.

What about respected secondary literature? Or is there enough in De Anima? I get the sense that Aristotle believed there would be no conscious awarene...

@"Wayfarer" Thanks for bringing the video to my attention. I recently became acquainted with someone who is into restorative justice and social justic...

I may have to try Kierkegaard again. I read most of Fear and Trembling, and I started to read The Concept of Irony. I might just need to be in the rig...

Wiki does list some prose authored by Rilke. I'm intrigued by the Christian Existentialists, having come from a Christian background. I'm reading some...