It was badly written because I was half asleep. Still, if you do not see why it is important to show why the innocent should not be harmed it shouldn’...
You are not looking at this with any sense of depth it seems. You may as well ask ‘Does anyone deserve to live?’ … but it not really a solid question ...
I was not spreading misinformation. I used terms and defined them specifically and even just quoted where I did this? I am extremely open to criticism...
It is a short essay. I defined the terms and how I would use them in the opening section. If you bundle in and argue against how I use them it is usel...
No you cannot. You said “nothing but” x, y and z. This is clearly rubbish unless your perspective is that all forces of nature are purely destructive ...
Waste of time unless you make the effort to present sources that counter your argument. It is not exactly hard to find some source that backs up your ...
You would first have to back up the claims made (which you cannot). Basically this OP looks like gibberish because it is gibberish. If you ere just lo...
Is red more yellow than fish are birds? Same kind of question really. Do not get fooled by words. ‘Nothing’ is generally a reference to ‘absence’. The...
No one agrees on everything. Whoever is talking about getting rid of metaphysics is essentially talking about doing away with philosophy. If everythin...
Right there is a problem. Kant pretty much still holds up to this day with his work COPR. If many of those writers say that I would say they are proba...
Basically you are boiling this down to humans having a complex language and other animals not? I agree. ‘Morality’ is a concept born through complex l...
Well … no. When it comes to homocides the US is WAY ahead. I have actually looked at the stats too you know ;) True, around 80% of those are gun relat...
I know all this. That was not my point. Yes, clearly there is an issue with gun control. I am from a country where I have literally never seen an arme...
This is a philosophy forum so it might be worth considering that the US has a different culture to other cultures around the world. I am being rationa...
This is an assumption that it is THE underlying factor. Like I said, what if guns were taken out of circulation yet the degree of violence continued w...
Note: I understand the title of the thread is aimed specifically at gun control. My point is why everyone is obsessed with this debate rather than foc...
Maybe threat of violence? Like the ‘nuclear deterrent’ idea … it is a stretch though. In the US the problem in society seems to run far deeper than pe...
That is the problem. Where is the physical evidence for consciousness? What does ‘consciousness’ do? This is in light of understanding that it is perf...
I’ve extended that indefinitely as I regard you as a troll and/or manic. You will not be getting any responses from me in the immediate future (months...
There is a difference between something that is naturally implausible and something naturally impossible. The supernatural, by definition, is somethin...
Anyone who thinks Belief is a key part of practiced science is delusional. The term ‘belief’ can be used in different ways so it is probably worth und...
Masculine traits are not exclusive to males. In terms of opposite poles over nurturing children can produce highly dysfunctional adults just as much a...
Psychotic episodes can present in many different forms by way of many different triggers. When it comes to diagnosing someone as bipolar or schizophre...
Anyone answering in such a blase way is missing the point. Looks like a problem of ‘why’ and ‘how’. Meaning we can fairly confidently state that consc...
I’d be inclined to say the greatest factor is probably interest. Women, in general, are just not that interested in more abstract realms as much as me...
If you found my post hostile that is on you. If every word you read is preconceived as being ‘hostile’ then it can look hostile. I can only tell you m...
One noticeable difference is that US Presidents, bare minimum, play at believing in god whilst in the UK a Prime Minister is mostly mocked/ridiculed f...
There is no reason not to believe that we will be able to produce vat grown meats of extremely high quality. Until that day comes I guess you are stuc...
It is a nebulous term. The UK is classed as a ‘non-secular state’ in some ways yet religious institutions seem to hold far more sway in the US, which ...
The term ‘god’ exists. How it is used and what exactly it may or may not be referring to would, by itself, show if any kind of proof was possible. Mos...
Nothing is really ‘religious’ by the same line of argumentation. A tax office is a secular building. A church is a religious building. Morality is not...
Whoever this Fumerton is they sound rather silly or you are misrepresenting their point … whatever it is. If I see a table in front of me I do not que...
To follow that. The OP is more or less framed at living in civilised society. We can choose to leave one way of life and live another. There are undou...
It is clearly a ruse to use the term ‘comply’ here if he then says in the next breath that there is no choice. We cannot comply if there is no choice....
This is an example of being muddled. If we cannot do otherwise then we cannot do otherwise. Yet you say we ‘choose to work’ … that is contrary. We lit...
If you replace ‘game’ with ‘life’ then you are wrong. Calling ‘life’ ‘the game’ is where I disagree. I guess you think the term ‘life’ is different to...
Drink all of the wine, drink none of the wine or drink some of the wine. The question of moderation is then understanding what drinking all of the win...
If people just comply there would be no political shifts ever. Clearly people do not always comply, do not commit suicide either, and make a rebelliou...
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