For example, let's say that I'm a new addition to your prison cell-block, and it's expected of me to fight each of my new cell-mates in turn in order ...
If something is "necessary", it implies there are no other options. This is intended to account for situations (for instance) where mutual survival/sa...
Put me in a room with someone who aims to transgress (per my standards) based on theological beliefs and watch me go :D . Reason will only be the appe...
I enjoy this comparison because I tend to treat moral systems and judgments as stratagems (where victory is preserving or promoting shared moral value...
I can't tell the point of this article beyond saying "there is a trend of Islamic terrorism" (a fact nobody is disputing). You suggest it's "the norm"...
Generally not an attractive agenda at that. Given that there is so much room for disagreement about what we ultimately desire (rather than agreeing on...
In keeping with what I've argued so far, and to transpose this using the moral razor: sequestering a psychological image of someone else for personal ...
How come nobody told me that when I was young? Growing up, people always tended to focus on the "right" rather than the "wrong" in morality and ethics...
Actually no direct harm that I can think of. And what if she came over one day offering casual sex? Unless you want to preserve a relationship with yo...
How do we measure one kind of harm against another? It's a good question, and the answer is with great tedium... After we've hammered out shared value...
This is one type of dilemma not eliminated by my razor butter knife, but deciding how to deal with these cases is not always a problem. Some people mi...
I wasn't giving an entire quantum theory of mind, I was explaining how appealing to quantum mechanics to justify claims of free will are inherently fl...
Emergent properties are in fact determined by lower levels. The lower level complexity is why we consider it emergent. The separation has to do with t...
Doesn't it? What do you suppose it reduces to? Metaphysics? *stares off into empty space* P.S, I wasn't explaining free will in terms of QM, i was ref...
First of all, you're right, we don't have true free will. Our minds are thinking machines which are governed by physical processes. Technically we can...
In light of Russia admitting spetnaz involvement pre-referendum, annexation might be a fair word regardless of what the Crimean population actually wa...
I'm not saying this isn't the case or even out Kremlin-character (the degree of Russia's involvement pre-referendum), but I would like to see evidence...
What interest could Putin have in Crimea if not economic? Oil and natural gas (and it's increasing scarcity), is to my knowledge what gives the Russia...
One of the most difficult pieces of the puzzle is actually taking into account the real world as it exists. Different situations and states of affairs...
Getting screwed by a world-class villain feels every different than getting screwed by a clown. The villain makes you feel good about yourself, but wi...
Tact. It's a courtesy that politicians keep their sloven corruption thoroughly closeted. We're already being physically and mentally fucked, we don't ...
:D EDIT: Ideally we side with the Crimeans. This is one of those points in the narrative that both sides play fast and loose with, which is why I find...
I'm curious if calling this an "annexation" is actually fair. If the Crimean people really wanted to be Russian and voted for it, should we really fee...
I always knew my life was empty, but I didn't know why until I saw the opening scene of 2001. I was born to dance around a monolith, to do it's biddin...
Oh! Heh, I thought you thought my suggestion itself was sarcastic! To be honest I'm not quite sure if sarcasm is the right word for this scene. This m...
Up until now all the Trump shenanigans have been not illegal. Not releasing personal finances and being a moron as a president are totally above board...
Any movie that makes you think might be fit for the philosophical category. It makes commentary on human nature and evolution for sure. It's not extre...
It's fiction based on events preceding the "Treasure Island" story, set in and around Nassau, circa the slave uprisings which occurred there, and very...
No! It can't be! The Caribbean was all adorable and eccentric swashbucklers! :D Have you seen the show "Black Sails"? It goes fairly in-depth into col...
Yea you're right, Tampopo isn't quaint. It deals with the most philosophically piercing questions known to man! P.S: I know that you're looking for th...
This is far from a top philosophical movie because it's subject matter is quaint, but "Tampopo" (1985) is a film that somehow satisfied me more than a...
Some interesting shit happened this week: "The Pirates of: The Pirates of the Caribbean; Paid Ransomers Leak No Tales?" This comes on the heels of a r...
People are beginning to drop the R and I words on a daily basis it seems (resignation and impeachment)... Even before Trump and Hillary won their resp...
How dare you marginalize my lived experiences!? Heh... All I really want is for the ad-hom laden contrarians of the world to at least try to put some ...
I hope she decides to stay long enough to explain to me how the thousands of words I've written in this thread in defense of transgenderism is really ...
The original post brings her up but fails to actually link an article or explore it. You can say her post is perhaps justifiably directed at Interpers...
You claim to have read the entire thread (which I don't believe), and you claim all of our opinions are horrible, but you haven't actually said anythi...
I reckon I dislike post-modernism, but I don't always begrudge them the relativity and subjectivity in certain kinds of truth. Although in a lot of ca...
I would gamble on instilling critical thinking skills and a generally clear portrait of the world they're about to grow up in. If we can just get them...
There's a difference between belief (in existence or non-existence) and lack of belief. You keep referring to the atheist worldviews and atheist philo...
The question is really what meaningful interdependence do these ideas have (in my mind or in history)? We could probably find a common cognitive prede...
It's certainly more tedious to intellectually engage with the emotional, but it's definitely possible; I've done it many times (sure, it's not always ...
Is there an option to set up a poll such that If i select "no" for "are you religious" that I then don't have to select a religion? (add Pastafarianis...
Sure they are related in some ways, but each of these thing you have named represent vast and diverse swaths time and thought; they aren't very interd...
We're trying to do different things then I think: you aim to rise above the zealous and derive superior (rational in this case) moral value from scrip...
Since I'm making a point about general Christian belief I have no option but to generalize to do so. You keep telling me to calm down and suggest I ha...
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