It makes sense to say that there are duties a la things that are legally enforced, for example. But if that's what you're saying, then (a) obviously t...
It's nonsense to say that a foundational preference could be based on reason, as it would be an attempt to overcome the is/ought problem. How do you p...
"If the law is immoral" --obviously I'm saying in my view. You're doing that thing where you're figuring that people are going to defer to an "objecti...
Sure, but that's not saying that it's immoral to do drugs or take risks oneself. The issue you're bringing up is an issue of putting other persons' li...
You question your beliefs, from the framework of other beliefs, perceptions, etc. You're not "standing back" from perceptions and beliefs. And there's...
"Right" morally refers to an preference of behavior that an individual has. There is no objective "right" in the sense of "correct" when it comes to m...
That's not at all the way that I use the term "objective/objectivity." One reason that I don't use it that way is that this idea is absurd: "stand bac...
If the law is immoral, I have no problem with people breaking it, and ideally, I'd like the law to be nullified via tons of people breaking it, or ref...
That's understandable. The issue, though, is why should other people be able to legally prohibit you from choosing to take those risks? Why would you ...
No disagreement on that. Nevertheless, it's worth pointing out that no one speaks their first languages by choice, especially as "It's clear that not ...
She paints a picture of someone at a party being accused of cultural appropriation, And then she says, "And you think that’s a ridiculous accusation. ...
You're thinking of "fact" as something like "true statement." (Otherwise saying "facts about" would make no sense.) If we use "fact" in the "state of ...
? That's not what he's saying. The typical approach to the Gettier problems, by the way, is not that JTB is wrong, but that it needs to be better qual...
While we're at it, what would it "mean" for a proposition to "appear in the real, physical world"? (Ah, you cleared that up a post or two later: With ...
For once we completely agree. I've pointed out this very issue before (and I think I might have posted either here or on the old board about it). As y...
Some of the many things wrong with that article: * Cultural appropriation isn't the same thing as racism * Racism doesn't make any sense as something ...
Okay, but there isn't anyone who doesn't come up with their own ideas. Even simply by focusing on someone else's work, you'll come up with unique inte...
What do you believe it's at all difficult to be informed about here? Also, in your view it's morally wrong to do something to yourself that you're uni...
Inflicting nonconsensual violence on another person isn't at all the same thing as people engaging in consensual activities. It certainly is your busi...
Okay, but again, in the "what does that have to do with" department, what does that have to do with saying that consciousness is an illusion, with den...
I first became seriously interested in philosophy when I was 11 years old. Diving into the field at that age had many benefits for me, both at the tim...
If that were the case, then why would we point out that that's the only important thing? What are you making a distinction with respect to re the word...
No, you didn't. What I'm looking for is something like this: "What makes it the case that only facilitating the choice of future action, including the...
Correct. Why on Earth you'd think that anyone would have some moral obligation to do everything they can to live as long as possible, I don't know. Th...
What would you say makes it the case that something is important or that something matters? For example, what would make it the case that only facilit...
They're mental things done by the brain. If we use the term "subjective" to refer to mental phenomena, then they're subjective by definition. The defi...
Which seems to be starting from an assumption that there aren't qualia, or at least that there aren't subjective experiences qua subjective experience...
I want to try to keep this relatively simple (with an emphasis on "relatively"), but as I mentioned, I'm not a realist on laws. I'm not a realist on a...
Morality is preferences about interpersonal behavior. It's not any particular preferences. Many people have many preferences in common, and that's bot...
Aside from "indeterministic laws" being a questionable idea in general, why would one have to believe in indeterminstic laws? In any event, it could w...
One doesn't have to believe that physical things are deterministic. The free will I care about is the ability to choose between a tuna and a turkey sa...
I'm going to naysay something if I believe it's incorrect. And if you're going to interact with people in a philosophical context, you need to expect ...
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