These aren't rights per se. They're concepts that many subscribe to, and if enough citizens in a 'democracy' vote to have, and to sustain them, then.....
It all seems entirely arbitrary to me. Some say that the problem is pain...or suffering that might be inflicted. A properly killed animal or plant won...
The idea behind the Golden Rule is to encourage empathetic reasoning. Put yourself in the shoes of another and ask yourself if what you intend is some...
You're straw manning the argument. You have introduced sovereignty, rape, torture. These are naturally widely understood as unjust, but they needn't b...
I see that if one side aggresses, a war can be unjust, but not all wars are unjust. A defender of sovereignty, or of any other principle, law, or cust...
"There is no just war....diplomacy failed...etc." "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and pa...
The maxim, as you state it, is consequentialist in nature, so I don't think Kant would be happy with its formulation. Reread what you posted. Isn't th...
If your synopsis of the paper's author (dogherty) is that we want to save as many lives as possible, it's still consequentialist because of the stated...
I agree with you on the problem of the hedonic calculus, which is essentially teleological and the 'numbers game', in deciding which, if one is to cho...
A moral action... "..supposedly makes the actor feel good and happy." Not necessarily, so I am unprepared to accept this initial premise. The trolley ...
I know it's motherhood, but in the final analysis pragmatism is merely teleological reasoning. It has its appeal, and it has its uses. Whether-or-not ...
"...If all money was spent solely on maintenance of fundamental human rights/ survival how would the government generate the same revenue that it does...
Lying to someone IS cheating them. You are cheating them from the truth, which every person has a right to expect from you. To do otherwise is dissemb...
Logic is learned behaviour, and therefore leans heavily on experience. An infant's brain learns that, with certain learned movements, it can bring thi...
I 'cultivate' myself with every decision I make and with every interchange with others. I'm always trying to advance my desires, be they simple reduct...
Would 9/10 rapees also enjoy being on the receiving end of the gang-rapers' beneficence? If you can make a good case that they might, or ought, or do,...
"... what purpose can Stoic apatheia or indifference serve nowadays?..." Discernment. It is one of the hallmarks of maturity and wisdom. Think, "Pick ...
"I don't like any of Spinoza's works. He is not a philosopher or thinker to trust about" Russell, himself, mentioned Spinoza specifically, opining tha...
Ethics, Discovering Right And Wrong; Pojman L.P. & Fiesler J. (Wadsworth CENGAGE Learning), any late edition. It's a very good introduction to the sub...
Only insofar as deciding whether-or-not to accept the advice. But turning the discussion to the person's qualities, and making them the matter of conc...
Yes, it is an ad hominem. The patient has no recourse except to call the person offering his opinion an idiot. He has not addressed the matter of impo...
An ad hominem is a pollutant to civil discourse because it attempts to make the winning point on the basis of some attribute or supposed defect/defici...
Neither exists unless the two are paired. Pragmatism is an orientation to 'least cost/harm/chaos/other undesired outcome/condition" while still accomp...
Vegans take comfort in their choices because they haven't met a plant that can object to their actions. In any case, why should pain be the determinan...
The only way to understand one's own limitations on a topic is to hear what others say about it. In that respect, there should never be censorship, bu...
Someone so damaged, or wanting, that he/she is essentially incapable of empathy, or placing himself in another's shoes, will never be able to link ret...
Just like the muddied climate 'science' with all its contradictory interpretations by obviously studied and well-intentioned people, this topic is goi...
If I say the colour green is the best, you can disagree, but you must be prepared to persuade me that your choice is actually the better of the two. T...
To me, this topic centres on anthropocentrism and arbitrariness. Who died and was made the Chief Virtues Selector who then decided that pain was the d...
Extr A vert...not extr O vert. In keeping with extraneous, extraordinary... To Mattiesse, you might find some use in the following information: https:...
It's abstruse without some context. I say this because the final phrase is an apparently unrelated thought, something unlikely for W, and which I doub...
Intelligence is defined as the ability to adapt to one's circumstances, or to one's environment. This would include observational intelligence, memory...
Although our roots go back to the ancients, I believe in the modern context that 'western civilization' means non-Muslim, non-Buddhist, etc, but since...
One acts based on results only in teleological ethics, not in deontic ethics. Kant's maxim isn't bereft of consequential thinking because, although ly...
"...I am a moral nihilist at the moment. I think inventing moral ideas for personal gain is the reverse of morality..." Unless I misunderstand you her...
"...I don't agree with your characterization of morality. I think you can give different definitions of what morality is or does..." This appears to b...
In my experience, when people want 'revenge', they want retribution, and humans being what they are, they want the 'punitive' component added. Morton ...
Honest behaviours are always motivational...intentional. So, yes, there is adherence, but I'm not sure people adhere because of the 'rule', or because...
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