No. Fixed emotional responses are not "mental correlations drawn between objects of physiological sensory perception and/or the agent's own state of '...
His actions were driven by his instincts, his "intuition" not his "thought and belief".. This is a critical distinction you have consistently neglecte...
The fact that it is mutually beneficial to his and Vulcan's well-being (life, health, happiness). Virgil's behavior was the objectively moral behavior...
I'll grant you this, sure, but we're not devoid of "feeling" at birth (is feeling a kind of thought?). We're born with fixed emotional and physical re...
I've responded to every single point you've raised, and what I'm waiting for is for youto construct a relevant argument. (not an analogy, not the prom...
On the surface you're right; before we grasp our own moral systems we're not in conscious control over their development, leaving them vulnerable to a...
I would like you to communicate whatever it is you are trying to say clearly and succinctly, "What's basic to simple is basic to complex(in terms of i...
No, but we can take the way we are and use it to make arguments about how we ought to behave. Should we be creatures who almost universally have the d...
How about you point out how I misquoted you then? This is the second time you've griped about me misquoting you, and the second time you've failed to ...
:-} I haven't misquoted or ignored any part of your response. You, however, seem to have completely missed my point. I offered a causal explanation of...
Scientifically, race is complicated enough that we ought to leave the defining (or debunking) of it to the actual biologists and geneticists. If you w...
If moral intuition is the biology driven emotional response when confronted with a moral dilemma (a situation where someone else is suffering or may s...
Actually I pointed to the most common starting values, and explained that the starting value of "serving god" is in reality a confused and bastardized...
That we evolved to be the way we are isn't what's important, it's simply that we are the way we are. That we feel pain and pleasure and want to go on ...
Sorry for the delayed response. I wanted to take some time to thoroughly ponder this question. On the surface you're right; before we grasp our own mo...
You cannot reliably find common ground with a divine moral system when that system is founded on an irrational starting premise: One religion says be ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Ni_wn-OiQ I put genuine care into my ridicule: I use a scalpel rather than a rapier (as Dawkins advocates in the vid...
I cannot say ridicule would be my opening salvos when confronted with a suicide bomber with their finger on the button ("Hey man, there's no need to b...
You asserted that ridicule only ever emboldens those it is meant to disarm, and I retorted with the idea that this isn't the case. Sometimes ridicule ...
It leaves out the starting values, which sometimes differ from human to human and culture to culture. This is what I mean when I say that a moral syst...
If his position is that it would me immoral to lie to the man, then yes. "What's more important Hampshire: your integrity or the lives of French child...
What people think is moral is often quite unreasonable (see: all superstitions that have moral ramifications). Sometimes starting values are inherentl...
The utility is there, it's just not our own idea of what is actually useful. Different environments and different world-views can lead to drastically ...
Intelligent design is a bit different than the basic existence of god. Atheism refers mainly to the lack of belief in god, not "do you think X, Y, and...
Why do you keep employing the incorrect definitions of agnosticism and atheism? 95% of all atheists do not assert the non-existence of god. What you p...
Not always. As I alluded though, straight up ridicule isn't how I go about dissuading those who it would embolden. I will definitely reciprocate ridic...
Ridicule isn't meant to sway the indoctrinated, but it is meant as a persuasive tool to ward away readers from falling into the ideological pitfalls I...
Ridicule has it's place. The trick to using it well is by ridiculing ideas directly rather than the people who wield them. Sometimes though one just c...
It's really important to pull this one out in the open and yank down it's trousers. "Making god happy" is in my opinion one of the most misguided valu...
What makes some reasons better arguments than others though? It is precisely the persuasive answer to that question that I am seeking to clarify. The ...
Regarding multiculturalism, I completely agree. But look at how college brand SJWism outright prevents actual multiculturalism with concepts like "cul...
58 is a harsh grade, but there is indeed room for improvement. As others have said, structure and outline seems to be what is lacking. Mainly you need...
In some towns Wall-Mart has such a tight grip that decades owned small business that provide good jobs to the community (and keeps money within the co...
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with the few owning the much and the many owning nothing as long as owning nothing isn't a prison or d...
I happen to know that astrology is a mix self delusion and superstition. I feel that it is generally stupid to employ as a decision making device but ...
Being a soft atheist is the rationally consistent result of being an agnostic. If knowledge pertaining to god cannot be rationally accessed, then it c...
Agnosticism is the position that evidence pertaining to god(s) existence and nature is not yet attained or is unattainable. I happen to be agnostic, b...
The most coherent description of morality is that it's a a cooperative strategy between two or more parties that is designed to be mutually beneficial...
What makes you think the sacred Hindu texts aren't the revelation of the gods? The opposite is true for atheism. On surface level atheism seems reason...
We are but humble thorns drifting on winds of fate. Pricks of the divine thralled to prod and poke the most devout as a test of piety. In truth we are...
So Atheists are evidence of god because it's a miracle that they could be so stupid... XD BEST ARGUMENT FOR GOD EVER. 10/10!!!!! If as an atheist I'm ...
Social systems, paths of least resistance, and incentive structures are very interesting concepts and seem genuinely helpful in trying to understand s...
The intention behind saying "I don't see color" is the statement that you do not treat people differently based on their race. I don't see how this co...
I got pretty much the same impression: "I can see no objective moral source for my strong and herein un-examined beliefs other than God". Next he will...
It's a valid argument. See:Modus Tollens. P1 defines the existence of god as necessary for the existence of objective morals, and since P2 states that...
While most of the other posters have decided that there's no point seriously conversing with you, I don't recall making any such decision. I did infor...
In addition to considering the above, could you formalize your actual hypothesis about what light is rather than trying to vaguely challenge the conte...
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