Yes. That is the point. You are unable to think through what you say. Go back, starting with your rejection of the general or common good and go step ...
Descartes "provisional moral code" from the Discourse on Method marks the difference between ancient and modern philosophy. This is the approach of th...
Love of wisdom can mean different things. The assumption here is that to be wise is to solve problems in the world. It is outward directed. This view ...
This goes back at least to the story of Thales. Aristophanes ridiculed Socrates not only for the uselessness of philosophy but for it being dangerous....
You continue to ignore the problem. You are against the power of the state, except when you are in favor of what it does. Who gets to decide how tax-p...
I see nothing right with your attempt to evade the issue. But since you wont address those issues I'll address the one you raise in their place. A bil...
For those who prefer the written word. Bunge's criticisms: Link There is much here that I agree with, but his criticism is guided by a questionable as...
How are we human beings to protect ourselves from ourselves? Do you think that everyone who is not part of the government cares about your interests a...
Who are we? Vigilantes? Again, who are we? There are plenty of people, from individuals to school board members to the governor of Florida, who attemp...
Right, election laws are created by the government, as are laws against falsification of records. The case is likely to be based on combining the two....
Yes NOS, if only everyone would behave and not take anything from anyone else and if someone did take something from someone else we should defend the...
Here are some facts for those who think they are important: Bragg did not start the investigation. He inherited it. He was concerned with the strength...
Guessing at what the short and long term consequences of indictment might be should not be the determining factor. We do not know what those consequen...
If you want to know what Trump is guilty of, not just in this case but since the beginning of his political career, look at what he accuses others of....
How many of these shooters would not take a high capacity semiautomatic rifle to school if they did not have one? Although suicide is a mental health ...
On another note. Watch Trump's left shoulder. His posture has changed. He tries to appear confident but he seems to be weighed down by the mounting le...
I think they will come to see that backing Trump is a liability, but I would not bet on it. A major factor is what will happen with the protests Trump...
Your ownership of the property is protected by the rule of law and from someone coming in and taking it from you by force. I won't go into your anti-t...
That story could have turned out very differently! It makes me wonder about what happened leading up to the story that brought together a fourteen yea...
You own private property because that right is protected by the government. You are able to speak freely because the government protects you by limiti...
These arguments often get heated and personal. Where did he express contempt for the claim that mental health is important? With regard to thinly veil...
If you have been paying attention to what he has actually said I find this accusation incomprehensible. He has stated several times that he thinks men...
I trust that they will protect my rights because they do in fact protect my rights and yours as well, albeit imperfectly. If you cannot see that it is...
Understood, but to give some indication of the issue of gods and immortality: (Genesis 3:22) It is, according to this view, immortality that separates...
An anarchist who whines about his rights. Who do you think will protect your rights? This is why a constitution with stable laws is so important. It i...
Yes. You might find this interesting. In Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, the problem of creation is dealt with differently. Ein Sof (without end) withdraw...
We have been through this before. More than once. I don't know if it is a genuine failure to understand the concept of the general good or the failure...
"By the people" does not mean by a person over and against the people It is a collective term consonant with the "general good" and the interests of a...
On the subject of rights, let's look at the Bill of Rights: Let's use an originalist interpretation. Something Scalia talked a great deal about but fa...
So which is it, the government protects us or we have to protect ourselves from the government? Should the US government need my help they would give ...
I don't defend myself against the government. For one, I do not buy into your paranoid deep state conspiracies and the need to defend myself against t...
No. Roads, cars, steering wheels, or brake pedals really exist. And so does whatever is going on at the molecular, atomic, and sub-atomic levels. (Wit...
I agree and would add that it is not just guns but a "gun culture" that promotes the idea that guns are the solution to two major threats, the governm...
There is another, much older, trope of a dead god. That one was put into service and gained critical historical significance. To what end do you think...
My answer is #2. But your parenthetical warning is nonsense. Rhetorical proselytizing. "Warning: the truth lies this way". Religion is a matter of cho...
Let me rephrase the question: Since you talk directly to God what do you hope to gain from talking to us? Do you hope that we may allay your doubts? T...
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