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Seconded, very nicely put Bitter Crank.
February 02, 2019 at 20:35
I think I understand what you are saying, I just do not think you are recognizing that your basis and the basis of every moral system starts with an a...
February 02, 2019 at 03:28
I suppose it depends on what you define as emotion based, but any number of ethical systems that operate from a rational or logical basis are just as ...
February 02, 2019 at 02:07
No, rather I would argue that harm and well being are their own ends and not the basis of morality at all. Part of your argument is that if the term m...
February 02, 2019 at 01:29
This is the subjective bit people are taking issue with. This forms the basis of your standard, but it itself is based in subjective/feelings. I don’t...
February 02, 2019 at 00:32
The part you quoted was sloppily put by me, I meant “you” in the general sense not “you” as in Christoffer. Not sure you bothered reading the rest sin...
February 02, 2019 at 00:14
Only as brilliant as that one “S”assy. And this one.
February 01, 2019 at 23:07
I think what people are getting at is that you decide the basis for morality, for you its suffering/harm, for emotional reasons and not objective ones...
February 01, 2019 at 23:04
Lol, right on cue Terrapin.
January 30, 2019 at 19:52
So that you can understand your error and stop making it. That you see no value in at least the potential for that is intellectual cowardice.
January 29, 2019 at 20:47
No. You are wrong and im explaining why. This is a familiar display of cowardess from you. I had forgotten you were the guy who resorts to disingenuou...
January 29, 2019 at 20:35
Im sorry sir, but you are. The use of “consent” is being misapplied in direct service to you making the argument that taking on risk includes consent....
January 29, 2019 at 20:13
You are missing the point, this is actually a non-response to the point raised against your position. The point is that doing something that has a non...
January 29, 2019 at 17:55
No, We do not punish the innocent, there is no paradox.
January 28, 2019 at 18:44
Children do not get punished because they are innocent, you would be punishing a kid for being guilty of something just like you would a criminal. Lik...
January 28, 2019 at 16:08
I think the truest mark of intelligence is not a measure of intellectual strengths but rather the measure of the LACK of intellectual WEAKNESS.
January 28, 2019 at 15:43
Amen.
January 27, 2019 at 06:27
What makes you think they dont want to expand their empire? I think they are just playing a different game than Russia. Russia wants the Soviet Union ...
January 26, 2019 at 03:38
Dont forget about China. I think they are a bigger threat than Russia. They are much sneakier and engage in even more information operations, and have...
January 26, 2019 at 03:09
The hysterics of the right and left, the buzzword culture on the right and left, the blatent agenda over truth of the right/left and the mindless demo...
January 26, 2019 at 01:22
I dont think that follows. Human life can have value that isnt intrinsic. You can value human life for traits that are present in a newborn but not a ...
January 24, 2019 at 23:22
You are welcome, please, have a good day.
January 24, 2019 at 02:30
I said not all animals, specifically to address this sort of reference. My point being, I do not think it is a matter of only degrees. It is also some...
January 24, 2019 at 02:13
Most animals aren’t capable of reasoning, they are not equipped for it at all. Its not unique to humans but its not correct to say reason is a continu...
January 23, 2019 at 21:37
Why was any of that addressed to me? It has nothing to do with anything I said. Again. This is just you rambling now, using “responses” to other poste...
January 23, 2019 at 17:47
They can fail to reason, or both parties could have equally valid arguments. I do not think it avoids the problem at all really, since its still going...
January 22, 2019 at 03:14
Disagree completely, I think you have it backwards on a few fronts and you still havent addressed what ive said, you’ve just referenced some other pos...
January 22, 2019 at 00:42
I agree generally, but the benifit of the doubt has delivered the goods too many times for me to not give the person a good, fair chance.
January 21, 2019 at 22:51
Ok, I understand all that, it doesnt address the failure of the process that necessitates the exclusion of exactly the kinds of things people call hat...
January 21, 2019 at 22:48
I think you are missing the point, the fact is that regardless of who is actually right, people will disagree even after going through your proposed t...
January 21, 2019 at 22:10
Im not convinced as of yet that Athena is lacking in substance and logic, the succinctness I agree on though. She said she gets excited, and she seems...
January 21, 2019 at 21:42
Im not saying you dont make sense, im saying that the terms you are using dont have any meaning. They are just placeholders for a concept you cant def...
January 21, 2019 at 20:25
Im not sure how to respond to any of that. Im glad that my questions amuse you, but you didnt really address anything I said. You arent really offerin...
January 21, 2019 at 18:05
I would say that is a description “b)”, no meaningful definition of god. You have taken some ideas you had and called it god. Why? Couldnt you avoid a...
January 21, 2019 at 16:28
I understand what you meant by subjective. I asked because you seemed to be making a distinction between some morals and the morals being discussed ”....
January 21, 2019 at 16:16
No objective right or wrong here, or at all? If just in this case then I wonder how you differentiate.
January 21, 2019 at 14:45
I see. Fair enough.
January 21, 2019 at 12:51
That is not the discussion I was referencing, but rather it was the discussion about the difference between a baby and a cyst. If there is a discussio...
January 21, 2019 at 07:29
Ok, so how is it necessarily immoral?
January 21, 2019 at 07:04
Obviously some people do not define blastocyst to include the “baby”. Why is it necessarily immoral? Isnt there at least a process or scenario where a...
January 21, 2019 at 06:17
I disagree, I think that any such concept is a) deism which is still theism b) isnt a meaningful definition of god or c) has no meaningful distinction...
January 21, 2019 at 06:04
Why? If one accepts the premiss that the baby has any rights, arent we then having a discussion about competing rights? Whether they are acting immora...
January 21, 2019 at 05:48
Well not if I tell you about it and you show up Just stop engaging with people who you think arent worth engaging with. If that's everyone, then how c...
January 20, 2019 at 13:48
A self inflicted wound. Ive noticed and mentioned you seem to have alot of patience for the moronic and observe you wasting time engaging that way but...
January 20, 2019 at 13:11
Fair enough, just curious. Im fairly new and like to get a feel for the culture of a forum. Experience has taught me that its a big factor in how many...
January 20, 2019 at 03:14
I see you have beenna member for 3 years...slow learner or has there been a shift from depth to no depth at some point and if so, what do you think it...
January 20, 2019 at 02:52
The denial of potential life is not a valid argument against abortion. The denial of life would happen at every opportunity at procreation, which make...
January 19, 2019 at 18:50
Then delusions would be true, and by definition a delusion is not true so I think defining truth in that way does not make sense.
January 18, 2019 at 17:32
Yes, everything. Excluding nothing. At least, thats what I would think “unlimited” is intended to mean. The initial poster seems to have tuned out of ...
January 14, 2019 at 17:45
I took “unlimited tolerance” to include tolerance of violence etc, some kind of extreme tolerance. Not the way I would think of it, and not convention...
January 14, 2019 at 17:34