Tzeentch

What I'm doing isn't persuading, at least not in the way I've characterized it. I'm conversing and exchanging ideas with people on a voluntary basis. ...

I'm not trying to persuade you, or anyone on TPF. My purpose here is testing my views, and looking for interesting insights that I may have failed to ...

Now that the dust has settled, perhaps it's a good time to evaluate the balance of power in the conflict. The last months have been marked by the long...

Their forceful nature. Persuasion seems to assume the correctness of one's own position and the incorrectness of the other's, which in itself seems to...

I think a lot of moralising falls into the meddling category, though certainly not all, and there are plenty of cases in which the responsibility lies...

Nor is it solely about effect. But since you are here, interacting and reading my messages voluntarily, there's no meddling taking place. Meddling has...

I didn't mean to imply that it did. I believe it's a common pitfall, but not an inherent one. I'm not trying to stop anyone from doing anything, nor a...

:pray: ______________________________ This is a rather uncharitable representation of those who follow a personal moral code, and one which I cannot a...

Not starting on such a worthwhile endeavor as the search for wisdom and moral virtue, on the off chance one may fall for a charlatan, seems a bit like...

Oh, come on! That's easy! Are you telling me you are afraid that in your quest for wisdom you'd fall for some charlatan's trap? I think you're selling...

As I've posted before, I think competition is much better understood as a result of the dynamics of power, something which all living beings are subje...

Likewise, and I appreciate the discussion. As you said, our views seem to be contrary, so I will not spend too much time pointing out differences, so ...

I don't care if people resent me for calling out their bullshit.

None of my comments were directed at you personally, but at some of the people whose opinions you shared. Nor was this an appeal to have you moderated...

Even though these types of subjects aren't my cup of tea, I can actually sympathize with a few of the criticisms that are expressed here. Society cert...

How is this way of thinking not inherently racist? Sounds like you need some better friends.

I'm glad I can always count on you, , to shed light on things. :wink: :ok:

I'll blame that on your shoddy quoting.

Careful reading isn't going to make the sexism any less obvious. :lol: Maybe if I read this type of garbage often and carefully enough I'll start to r...

Yes, she literally does. The fact that she takes fatherhood and equates it to "sop offered as compensation for not having real power". Spare me any ap...

There's scarcely a sentence in the quoted sections that isn't overtly sexist. Note how Mirren literally says that men are 'offered their families as s...

She became what she hated. What a winner. :clap:

Helen Mirren's views are obviously misandrist in nature. It's quite disgusting, honestly, to see this kind of blatant sexism posted in newspapers and ...

Wanting to do good is easy. Doing harm is easy. But doing Good is difficult. The inward focus is an acknowledgement of that. It's an act of humility. ...

As I've tried to point out in my earlier replies to you, this is not necessarily true. That the ignorant masses subconsciously use morality as a guise...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZAso_eLJLI Depending on the particular vaccine batch, individuals may have been exposed to a risk of adverse effects ...

I think one ought to be careful in meddling in the worlds' affairs, and be critical of one's own ability to change things for the better. Carelessness...

Common human values imply something unchanging, no? And when those values are examined they are almost certainly tied to a belief about objective mora...

Pointing towards something like common human values in my view implies objectivism.

Assuming moral relativism, morality is a matter of opinion. And even if one agrees or disagrees with a certain opinion, it doesn't make it any more or...

If all moral views are equally valid, the idea that one ranks their views above others already starts to raise some question marks. But let's assume o...

Excuse me, but if one wants to persuade others, doesn't one have to believe their views are better than the other's? :chin:

What I said was that moral relativism makes morality meaningless. It turns morality into a buzzword that is used to make one's opinions sound more aut...

I invited you to present an argument that 1. isn't moral relativism, and 2. makes a distinction between personal and collective (group) morality. If I...

Well, I don't think trying to distinguish between personal and collective morality is going to lead to a very coherent argument. This is what I tried ...

If morality is "opinions that one believes ought to be adopted by everyone", then having such opinions is moral in and of itself, no? If morality is r...

That's fine, I suppose. However, if this indeed is the crucial distinction then it doesn't get us very far. There are many groups who have views on wh...

Assuming a moral relativist view, any and all notions of morality are nothing but personal fancy (aesthetic preference), and the only question is who ...

No need for posturing. You're posting your views for others to engage with, and you can stop engaging with mine any time you like. In what sort of tim...

The fundamental difference is that those who follow a personal moral code do not seek to impose it on others. It's exactly that impulse to impose that...

Ah, but then you have put the cart before the horse, haven't you? Your claim was that the fundamental driver was uncertainty of fatherhood. But appare...

No, they don't. They seem neither masculine nor feminine to me. Confused and ungrounded are some of the milder terms I would use to describe modern so...

Yes, yes. And you seem to believe that this is a fundamental driver of human behavior. How many normal couples you know have a DNA test done to confir...

You seem to believe we currently live in a patriarchy, correct?

Are you talking about the modern age? Because it's rather hard to see 'economic dynastic implications' being the driver of the behavior of modern peop...

Don't you think that's a bit naive? Women can be just as possessive of their partners as men.

You said it was "as simple" as a show of force. The show of force was provided, and the Americans pushed ahead with their plans anyway. Your premise i...

Russia provided that show of force the same year NATO proclaimed its intention to incorporate Ukraine and Georgia. So I guess it's not that 'simple'. ...

In my opinion it clearly shows the West's culpability in this conflict.

An interesting look into the lead-up to the Ukraine conflict through analysis of WikiLeaks documents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZMbFt-gplE Main...