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A doctor killing a patient against his or her will is called murder. Exceptions apply when we cannot know the will of the patient (as with long-term c...
April 05, 2018 at 19:55
I'll repeat myself once more: so, since rape, murder, incest, etc. occur in nature, or are "innate" as you claim, are we to excuse those who commit th...
April 05, 2018 at 19:49
You say that all animals must die anyway, and use that to justify killing them for food/our own pleasure. a)Don't pretend we're killing the billions o...
April 04, 2018 at 16:52
You may find it normalizing, and that's great if it helps you emotionally--but it still doesn't make it right or wrong. Ethically, the "naturalness" o...
April 04, 2018 at 15:23
One reason you can't derive an ought from an is, is because you really never do, even when it looks like you are. You are simply failing to put a taci...
April 04, 2018 at 15:12
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April 03, 2018 at 16:25
It's not supposed to help either side of the argument--you're supposed to avoid trying to derive an ought from an is altogether no matter what side yo...
April 03, 2018 at 12:57
It's not supposed to help either side of the argument--you're supposed to avoid trying to derive an ought from an is altogether no matter what side yo...
April 03, 2018 at 12:57
We get morality from reason and empathy. Not from emulating nature. If we did, we'd be allowed to eat our own babies (like alligators do), kill our ma...
April 02, 2018 at 23:01
Again: so because humans must die (and death is never "nice") it is therefore okay to kill them?
April 02, 2018 at 22:50
Two things: 1. That is called the naturalistic fallacy. 2. We only recently in history started eating larger animals--we did spend most of our existen...
April 02, 2018 at 20:21
All humans must die too--does that give us the right to kill them? What's the point of these examples? Are you implying we ought to take lizards as ou...
April 02, 2018 at 20:17
This is so clearly the statement of a person who has no logical leg to stand on, but wishes to cling to his own ideology (and hamburger). :smirk:
April 02, 2018 at 20:09
Having been a teaching assistant for some college classes, my take is this: For 80% of the students, college is a waste of their parents' money. They ...
April 02, 2018 at 17:03
Your point being? You're just proving me right: almost all of your choices have moral consequences and cannot simply be justified with "personal prefe...
April 02, 2018 at 16:28
You might also be here typing because of your ancestors raping others, having slaves, stealing, murdering, and so on. None of these are justifiable de...
April 02, 2018 at 15:20
You seem to be saying, because there are exceptions to certain rules, that makes both the rules and the exceptions arbitrary. I don't think that is so...
April 02, 2018 at 15:17
Whether you prefer apple or blueberry pie might be subjective; I'll agree to that extent. But after that, your food choices have real life consequence...
April 02, 2018 at 15:07
Classic equivocation. One sense of wrong simply means false or not true, the other means morally objectionable. Morality comes in part from evolution ...
April 01, 2018 at 16:50
You haven't given any good arguments so far for that claim. But you ha I think that is a mistake you are making throughout this discussion--talking ab...
April 01, 2018 at 12:04
Note that I did not say you are obligated to do all things that you in theory can do. I only said you are not obligated to do the things you cannot do...
April 01, 2018 at 11:52
Because "ought implies can" (Kant). You cannot be morally obligated to do something that you cannot do. If abstaining from flesh would result in your ...
March 31, 2018 at 22:45
All that, plus at least one porn star being paid off and sued by our president? ... "Nero fiddled while Rome burned."
March 18, 2018 at 18:59
I don't think my argument constitutes a strawperson, even if I'll admit to needing to rephrase that sentence--the rest of my argument still stands: sc...
March 18, 2018 at 18:52
Abe Lincoln's famous joke comes to mind: "How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it ...
March 18, 2018 at 13:03
Fine with me.
March 17, 2018 at 19:26
Two potential problems I see in accepting the rights other species have made for themselves: 1. They infringe upon our rights: if the aliens decided i...
March 17, 2018 at 18:58
I'm unaware of any moments of condescension in any of my posts. But I have noted an aggressive tone in your posts towards me. I've told you repeatedly...
March 17, 2018 at 18:41
Yes--immorality usually involves hurting others; hurting others makes me feel bad/guilty; ergo, I don't hurt people even when I can get away with it. ...
March 17, 2018 at 16:39
If that is the case, then it's your loss--you'll be missing out on one of the more important philosophical movements of the past century as well as mi...
March 17, 2018 at 16:30
Sure, our morality stems from feelings and empathy about other people's feelings--no argument there. I would say that claiming these are dichotomous t...
March 17, 2018 at 12:22
I don't believe I have been snide, honestly. And I certainly haven't tried to be. Still, waiting on your example for the lack of rationality in morali...
March 16, 2018 at 23:29
Nope, more like, "Keeps on stating his opinion without explanation or even trying to address concerns raised by the person he's talking to." Not sure ...
March 16, 2018 at 22:40
My philosophy professors would agree with your sentiment privately about the limitations of a lack of formal training, but publicly shake their heads ...
March 16, 2018 at 21:31
The laws of nature exist with or without our understanding them. Our formulations thereof are our understanding thereof. Gravity, however, exists with...
March 16, 2018 at 21:10
I'm hoping you're attempting humor, because otherwise this just seems like so much territorial chest-thumping that I'm not particularly interested in....
March 16, 2018 at 21:00
You could possibly argue for the supernatural on the grounds of some other kind of reality or what does it mean to exist. But since I presuppose one r...
March 16, 2018 at 20:46
Yes, I understand what you are saying. I'm telling you you're wrong, though. Perhaps not clearly enough for you? And you still are seemingly conflatin...
March 16, 2018 at 16:56
Simply stating that you hate the trolley problem doesn't really help address the point I was making about the difference between rational reasons for ...
March 16, 2018 at 16:40
Everything that exists is natural. Some people distinguish human-made from natural, but that is, in my opinion, just a way to pretend that humans aren...
March 16, 2018 at 16:10
The supernatural cannot, by definition, actually exist. We assume things like ghosts are "supernatural," but if they existed, they would be "natural."
March 16, 2018 at 16:06
Claiming that science and empathy are somehow at odds is a false dichotomy. Empathy is precisely what drives me to vaccinate my children. If I am fort...
March 16, 2018 at 15:31
I second this. First you'd have to define who has a linguistic mind: with the recent developments in primatology, we know that apes are capable of lea...
March 16, 2018 at 15:02
It certainly is possible to have a moral code of some sort in a world with limited emotions or feelings. But any sort of action requires a certain amo...
March 16, 2018 at 14:39
I, for one, disagree with that entirely! We may sometimes realize that some things we thought were perfectly moral were actually immoral, but that doe...
March 16, 2018 at 14:22
I don't think that recognizing someone's intellect or wisdom goes hand in hand with agreeing with their every sentiment. It would be pretty silly to d...
March 16, 2018 at 14:14
Regarding argument one: while knowledge does not necessarily make you wiser, it does make it more likely that you are. In most cases knowledge will al...
March 15, 2018 at 23:43