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My friends have never told me this. People I don't know, have told me this. Such as people on this forum, or people I talk to on my live stream. You a...
January 03, 2019 at 18:56
Do you not understand the difference between what one person is trying to achieve, versus, what they are being perceived to try to achieve? What I am ...
January 03, 2019 at 18:30
If we are going to have a back n' forth, you should at least respond to my questions as well. So to ask my question again, here it is. In the same way...
January 03, 2019 at 00:01
Definitely agree here.
January 02, 2019 at 23:48
In some objective sense outside of a mind? I would agree. But the same is true for logic and math as well. Do you agree?
January 02, 2019 at 23:46
This may help you. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom An axiom is a concept in logic. It is a statement which is accepted without question, and w...
January 02, 2019 at 23:35
Why is this even relevant? You have stated that axioms are both based on preference and NOT based on preference. This seems to be a contradiction, in ...
January 02, 2019 at 23:29
I don't really understand your question/point?
January 02, 2019 at 23:12
Agreed, but it works the other way as well. Person A may assume Person B is on their high horse, when in fact Person B is justified in doing so. Perso...
January 02, 2019 at 23:10
I actually told you multiple times, this is not what I am doing. You are incorrectly assuming I am trying to position myself as superior to somebody e...
January 02, 2019 at 23:06
This is the 2nd or 3rd time you have ignored my analogy completely. And I will type it again. As I have pointed out with my child molester analogy, do...
January 02, 2019 at 22:50
Why are you putting "higher importance" on the needs of humans, but not on the needs of non-human animals (such as pigs, goats, sheep, cows, chickens,...
January 02, 2019 at 22:31
You seemed to have quoted the only non-important part of everything I said to you. Let's back up a bit before you get more side-tracked. You: "You do ...
January 02, 2019 at 18:23
Not going to address anything beyond this until you address this point. Are you saying that anything which serves a useful purpose is morally permissi...
December 21, 2018 at 23:58
Similarly, you can do the same with ethics. To put it in your terms, you do NOT have to accept the axioms as true, but you are operating with them as ...
December 21, 2018 at 20:26
Then correct me if I am wrong, but it seemed like this is what you were implying. This is what the line of reasoning seemed to be. I stated: Many syst...
December 21, 2018 at 19:52
Few problems here. 1. Explain why molestation is abhorrent but the contriubtion to animal rape, torture and slaughter is not. 2. Just because somethin...
December 21, 2018 at 19:48
Whether you want to say understandability, conceivability, or livability, doesn't matter. These are still things you need to value before you can say ...
December 21, 2018 at 19:29
And just to be clear, these "rules" I am referring to at the base of the systems, are called Axioms. You cannot "prove" an axiom is right, correct or ...
December 21, 2018 at 18:20
I think I mostly agree with what you are saying, but maybe I didn't ask my question properly initially. For moral questions, you seem to say that all ...
December 21, 2018 at 18:12
This is mostly to Terrapin, since Dingo thinks he is cool by announcing he doesn't have the patience to "educate" someone on ethics in a philosophy fo...
December 21, 2018 at 01:39
And as I have pointed out with my child molester analogy, do you think it is better to point out what is wrong about the actions committed by the chil...
December 21, 2018 at 01:24
Can you tell me exactly which word(s) I am equivocating here? If you want to make a broad view of "the molestation of children is never necessary", I ...
December 21, 2018 at 01:22
You can claim I am interested in positioning myself as superior, but that's your wrongful assumption.
December 21, 2018 at 01:06
Would you say the same thing if I scolded a child molester or rapist? I am superior to a rapist, and if had to create a post in a philosophy forum abo...
December 20, 2018 at 22:52
Having a subjective basis for morality is separate from how your normative ethics work. I can agree that at the metaethcal level, moral values are com...
December 20, 2018 at 22:46
Why would you conclude that I am not interested in animals? By that logic, you should say I am not interested in humans as well, correct? I am interes...
December 20, 2018 at 22:30
This is the point I have been trying to address with Terrapin for a while now. He seems to be only addressing ethics from a meta perspective, without ...
December 19, 2018 at 23:58
Why would you support a rape victim? And what is your own disposition about rape? You are again, going all the way down to the metaethical perspective...
December 19, 2018 at 23:56
I assume you apply the same logic to mentally disabled people, who have the same intelligence level as animals. (depending on how far they are on the ...
December 19, 2018 at 23:48
I think I got you confused with somebody else. I sometimes lose track of who I am talking to, as I didn't realize you were also Vegan. Nonetheless, I ...
December 19, 2018 at 22:45
How are my ethics ignoring a learning curve? We are a selfish species who was worse in the past, but we are still bad in the present day. . You are, a...
December 19, 2018 at 22:35
Again, how would you respond to your daughter/friend/family member who has just been raped. Would you be supportive? Or would you say "if he felt righ...
December 19, 2018 at 22:11
I've never ignored those facts. Matter of fact, I actually acknowledged the fact that ethics are derived from a subjective perspective, at the metaeth...
December 19, 2018 at 21:40
Doesn't matter. If I created an artificial vagina that men could buy to deter them from raping women, would you accept their reasoning if they told yo...
December 19, 2018 at 21:34
It can also be as follows: - Some humans should not be raped. - Other humans could be raped. - I rape black people. Do you accept that as well? Also, ...
December 19, 2018 at 21:30
Is metaethics the only thing you understand about ethics? And I am not asking in a rude way, because I actually want to know. Do you understand there ...
December 17, 2018 at 22:46
How would you answer that question for yourself? The flyswatter is not a predator. It is a weapon/tool used by a predator (human). The human could let...
December 17, 2018 at 22:41
You seem to be very confused here. Let's back track a bit... You first said it is clear that humans are equal, and it is not the same for animals, hen...
December 17, 2018 at 22:35
Slavery with humans is on another level than slavery with animals, why? Both humans and animals (cows/chickens/pigs) can experience pain. Both can suf...
December 17, 2018 at 20:51
Not much, as it is still in the research & development stage. Right now, there are plant based "burgers" out there, such as Beyond Meat or The Impossi...
December 17, 2018 at 20:29
No, because they are caring for the child who has special needs. This is the opposite of unethical. If our dominion over animals was anything remotely...
December 17, 2018 at 20:27
That's irrelevant to the point. Years ago, black people were believed to NOT have free-will as part of the equality package. This meant that, LIKE ani...
December 15, 2018 at 00:55
You keep getting hung up on synthetics, when I have already explained to you before what I meant by "justification". For you, I will refrain from usin...
December 15, 2018 at 00:49
We also share genes with bacteria, but I wouldn't say that matters in the realm of moral actions. I asked if plants have a brain to process pain. To p...
December 15, 2018 at 00:38
Will to live = Does not want to die. Deer in the wild, flee from danger. A zebra runs away from a lion so it does not get eaten. It has a will to live...
December 14, 2018 at 19:51
You were asked to sign-in due to an age limitation, as YouTube wants to make sure you're old enough to watch that graphic material. Do plants have a n...
December 14, 2018 at 19:44
What is the most effective way to share an understanding of how not to rape? Or how not to steal? Or how not to kill a child? It's quite simple. Recog...
December 14, 2018 at 19:40
Would you accept "laziness" as a justification to harm another human or animal? - I am lazy, therefore I own a human slave to do the hard work for me....
December 14, 2018 at 19:35
And by the same "utility" standards, could I not justify slavery by saying "Some humans are bred into slavery (black people), some for companionship (...
December 14, 2018 at 19:28