For me, keeping the streets safe from vigilantism is exactly that, upholding the rule of law, it is the rule of law not of man and therefore, it is up...
Nahh, I would not dare to tell you such herisy! ;) I lectured on principles of law for international students and principles of criminal law, also for...
I lectured on snyder v. Phelps, among others, but I am the first to admit that not being American is a hindrance. My co-lecturer was an American nativ...
Not unreasonable no, when BLM protesters wield attack rifles. It is funny how law does shape the mindset of the people. For the posters from the US, a...
Perhaps. Though if the wanton disregard rests in bringing that gun to a situation of conflict, than an approach such as occurred would not be out of t...
In the Netherlans we have a comedian, Tim Franssen, who does philosophical stand up comedy, mixing in both deep ideas with black humour and sometimes ...
Just a slight correction: I am not saying that free carrying of arms is reckless (though one might argue that), but recklessness is a specific form of...
Interesting question. As far as I know there was never an explicit right the bear arms. Under Napoleonic law, in force since the beginning of the 19th...
Well, one theoretical argument I could think of is that it is very reckless to bring such a weapon to an already very tense situation, adding fuel to ...
You raised the question of desirability, not me. I just find it interesting to see whether Benkei's take holds or does not hold under US law. Sushi po...
Last time I checked a perfectly fine legal system in well ordered society. And such a relief it is one has that right and certainly that others have t...
No, but intent is constructed when you go to a conflict situation, armed with an assault rife (mind you not something to hunt deer with) and you state...
Opinion based in fact. When you move to an area of conflict carrying an semi-automatic firearm you are not going to sing Kumbayla now are you? Besides...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFqzVdg5zj4 "Ey, sevda kusanip, yollara dusen, bilesin bu yollar daglar dolanir" "He who embarks on the road wrapped i...
Hmmm, Zizek says it all while he figets with his shirt... The rationalty of love is redeemed by its falling into unreason, because only the fall prese...
Love I think is eminently rational. The mind wishes for a relationship to the world. If it would be otherwise, it would run up against the limits of i...
He just knows all there is to know. The choices that people will make is something to know. therefore God knows them. God is causa sui, meaning cause ...
God is a different being than man. Man as created being is determined by something outside of himself. God as creating being is determined only by him...
God is defined as an omniscient being. The moment God turns himself into an non-omniscient being he would no longer be God. The question is similar to...
I do not know. There are two possibilities. A. He created pious and sinful things. B. Things became pious and sinful through the choices they made. A....
Ahh well, anyone who has a soft spot for Collingwood gets the benefit of the doubt from me. And I admit not having read the previous discussion. That ...
Yes, we can of course and we all come to grapple with philosophical questions through different directions. Maybe where things go wrong is in the defi...
Wine is always an option and a pleasuable one. Sex is too, and one so sorely underestimated on a philosophy forum. I myself am enjoying a water pipe r...
It is a good question. I do not know whether communication has qualitatively changed. The worry about the abilities of authoritarian regimes to use ap...
Ohhh agreeing to disagree holds so little except for an uneasy silence... I also think such a truce will never hold. Between us it will of course, but...
Well, the question of value is also a perennial one. I can only say it provided value for me, because I feel I have a better grasp of the structure of...
I agree with that. What I dislike is the disdain by which people who use the intuitive approach discredit the rational approach. Of course one does no...
Yes, but what is spending time wisely on the subject matter you want to learn about? Books are just a short cut. You read the thoughts of others, beca...
What would spending time 'wisely' be? Who or what in this scheme would be using the tool? In this scheme you are also reducing nature to a resource an...
Or maybe you could appreciate the remark in the spirit it was made, with some irony. I conceded the point already. But anyway, the spirit of my remark...
I wonder why you think you are a philosopher. Your OP is very defensive and just screams 'please take me seriously' even though you have admittedly no...
God was not beforehand endowed with knowledge or affterwards endowed with knowledge. He did not sit at the table and decided as a human person would. ...
We are not on different sides. Just remember not to take part in any executions without regard for due process of law. They tend to take place uring r...
I am less pessimistic. Not all is well, by no means, but not all is terrible either. Never before did so many people enjoy a comfortable life. We have...
Yes yes @"StreetlightX" indeed, that very same social democracy. When did Benjamin write, the 1920s the 1930s? Ohh so full of romanticism the German n...
I fundamentally agree with you, but disagree with your rendition of social democracy. That might be due to the mistranslation of political terms in US...
Hmmm, I think the rich harvest for Trump and other populists is begotten from the ashes of the progressive factons tearing each other to pieces... ;) ...
It might be healthier, but when one knows it is a matter of belief, the existential question lingers. In juging for instance it seems disingenious to ...
I do not think one of them is more abstract. Fate is actually pretty concrete. It is usually referred to as 'eterminism', The idea that our actions ar...
Yes, I agree. Where do you see the academic class blocking the life path of what you call 'common people'? I agree that our current ' diploma democrac...
It may be. I hardly read metaphysics papers anymore sadly and if I do they would be in the contental vein. Though I think you would disapprove of them...
Well, I do not read bad philosophical articles. Why do you think academia is flooded by bad philosophy? It is also a tough proposition to test because...
I am not saying science is decaying, I am saying that, if we want to answer the question we have to come to terms with what we mean when we speak of s...
Actually we did not. what we saw was populism reposnible for countless atrocities. Perhaps the Pinochet regime in Chile is a counter example, but nowh...
Here you make the same mistake. The enrichment I speak of is not power or authority, but it is the repertoire of arguments, the depth of knowledge and...
Those are good questions. Well, my work in practice is informed by my work in theory, but not determined by it. To some extent they are different ball...
Ohhh that is a misunderstanding, my apologies. I did not mean to imply all avenues of philosophical inquiry bear no fruit, just that some do not, just...
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