Tzeentch

Mysticism doesn't lend itself very well to rational analysis, because it is often based on intuitions and personal experience. While both can be great...

I don't think you know how a constitution works.

By now, it should be clear to anyone with a shred of common sense and a healthy distrust for authority (of which I had expected there to be plenty on ...

I think human actions are motivated by a desire for happiness. Ignorance of what makes us happy is what causes evil. Evil is ignorance.

You tell me. Should I try to convince others of things I have no evidence for?

Of course. Provide them with proof that they are wrong and that you are right. If one cannot provide such proof, perhaps it is time to rethink one's o...

Ignorant is the word I would use to describe a sexist. Because a sexist worldview is inevitably based on generalizations and simplifications that have...

I think such generalizations as "female mind" / "male mind" are not very useful. Individuals think. Assuming an individual thinks a certain way becaus...

Self-love, or maybe self-acceptance? If we are able to accept and understand the flaws in ourselves, we will be able to accept and understand the flaw...

I don't think you understand what I'm getting at. Where I live, it is practically unthinkable that people would starve to death or freeze, or not be t...

Again, you raise interesting questions. I wouldn't answer them with a definitive 'yes' or 'no'. I am still on the fence. On the one hand I fully appre...

So you're suggesting to swap one immoral policy for another, which is possibly even worse? I think I've already made clear that I'm not in favor of th...

Those are very interesting questions, and exactly the type of questions that should be asked when educating people on procreation. However, one must a...

Yes, I am well-aware of that tragedy. Doesn't this confirm my suggestion that attempts at forceful control give rise to even worse situations?

I would be surprised? How?

You accept that there is no way to deal with the problem. Period.

I think there's only one way to regulate population that doesn't risk jeopardizing the moral integrity of a society, and that is to make people refrai...

I think this issue has more to do with people adopting government's/nation's ideas of success, than governments trying to make their citizens miserabl...

Besides the paragraph above it specifically mentioning a legal case? But lets move on. You won't have to take my "non-answer" for it, because it's in ...

That's a bit simple, isn't it? People say words I don't like, so there must be something wrong with them.

And before you started going on a rant, all those things were taking place just fine. Why are you so angry that I'm not interested in discussing law? ...

Considering the amount of your questions I have answered, this strikes me more as a tantrum than anything else.

No need to frame yourself as a victim. All your posts in this thread have been in response to mine, and I am having trouble seeing how they relate to ...

So what is the point you're trying to make?

I never implied they weren't. I'm not interested in what laws have to say, nor am I interested in telling people what they can and can't do. With that...

It seems to me that you are saying men and women have different responsibilities, not that men cannot take responsibility. That men can and should tak...

How so?

Or we infer it from other things. Most people don't need to first encounter a tiger to realize it is dangerous. Maybe instinct has some part in that p...

Those are all very interesting topics. I'd happily discuss them with you in another thread. I don't see how the existence of other issues should stop ...

You're suggesting fear has a function. Maybe. Though, I'm not so sure. Would a fearful mind make better decisions in such a situation than a rational ...

I agree. One can only introduce people to a different point of view and hope they come to the same conclusions as you do.

I've touched upon this question when talking with . All living beings seem to have a desire to continue living, and death causes grief. I considered t...

Pretty sad that the man gets framed as a weirdo at the slightest physical contact with a child.

In my discussion with I have discussed why I believe life is valuable and death is tragic. Obviously, I cannot give you a line of reasoning to prove l...

The idea that life is valuable is based on my intuition and the observation of living things. My concept of morality takes that idea as a starting poi...

I can't give you a conclusive answer to that. In myself, and almost every living thing I meet, I observe a strong affinity with life. Any attempts to ...

I might just be biased towards human tragedy. If someone were to advocate planting saplings and cutting them down because their leaves may fall onto t...

Sure.

I am focusing on abortion because it is the topic of this thread.

Tragedy is a fact of life. However, humans have the unique ability to act in ways that cause it, or avoid it as much as possible. That is why my own a...

Nowhere did I state that people shouldn't be allowed to make immoral decisions, so I don't think I am doing any harm to anyone's autonomy.

Argue semantics with someone else.

Yes, I believe it is tragic to kill something that's alive. I would consider it tragic to have to cut down a tree, so it stands to reason I would feel...

It is tragic, at least.

In the case of voluntary intercourse by individuals aware of the possible consequences: Killing a living being is a tragic matter. So, Needlessly putt...

I'm on board with the first part. As for the second, I don't think societal norms can serve as justification for people's behavior. At most they can g...

Seems pretty convoluted to me, and I think this type of argument glosses over a pretty important thing: Pregnancies don't magically happen. The vast m...

I would say that someone who responds in such a way to negative feedback is not actually confident. True confidence isn't just about believing in one'...

I'm not happy about a virus. I'm also not overly worried. People should relax, newsmedia should stop scaring old people, and the experts should just d...

Happy?