The transgender view of gender is a consequence of gender being a social construct. Just as two citizens of a nation could debate whether music or foo...
If we had the capability for you to change, I wouldn't be against allowing it. I have autism and I wouldn't change given the choice, but I have things...
The state of all human morality can be summed up in two sentences: We ought to. But we don't. — Kurt Tucholsky Immoral acts are disproportional. For e...
By defining morality as solely minimising harm, you're ignoring the role of other vital concepts within morality - the application of which may justif...
I think this is a good take and works as a strong starting framework for how to view truth. I'd add a few things. Even if something is true, that does...
Thanks for buying me and giving me a sweet name, though I am arguing the exact opposite of this. It's because the rules and conventions for naming exi...
Well it is. For example. the world was indeed flat until people decided it wasn't, and their decision was what bent the Earth into the shape of a sphe...
In what way do you agree? It seems that you are unwilling to label things as true when they're true by convention or manmade rules. If I name my dog M...
Of course. I was saying that truth is determined by rules and conventions and can be contested by ignoring those rules and conventions. There is a cle...
The original designation of three-sided polygons as "triangles" has no truth value, since it was an act, but It is true that a triangle has three side...
I did add to my argument. In my first comment, I didn't provide any argument to dispute the claim about a triangle having three sides, but the idea is...
You've refuted a lot of claims that I didn't make and I can't see how anything you said is related to my argument. My argument is that truth status is...
To me, truth is an affirming property that can be attached to something, maybe that something could be simplified to being a claim. We create rules in...
When trying to demonstrate the importance of truth, often the most simple of examples and arguments are made. Things like "triangles have three sides,...
The means do not need to "reflect" the goal, they need to accomplish the goal. Since you're unconvinced by what I've already said, I daresay it's poin...
Identities are not mutually exclusive, and someone who is trans doesn't necessarily have "being trans" as an "overarching social identity" and may per...
It's not about treating groups identically, but the exact opposite, some groups need more assistance than others. Groups who don't have any special ne...
I think it's important to recognise that transgender as an identity is more comparable to the disabled, women, children, the mentally ill and others, ...
@"Fooloso4" sums it up well. Plenty of well-informed and rational people disagree with you, it's that simple, and labelling anyone who disagrees with ...
Moral imperatives are already conditional. For example, "theft is wrong" seems absolute, but what is and isn't theft is an integral part of a moral sy...
"Truth" conceptually is a mess, but I think generally, the idea is that by calling something true, you are asserting it is independent of the context ...
You're right. In hindsight, I should've anticipated more people paying more attention to my title than my OP, I lazily wrote some random title without...
I will define "big government" as a government with greater power, control, and authority to oversee a country's economic and social aspects. Generall...
You can't properly understand words if you just look at the literal definition. The term "Sangokujin" is written ??? which literally translates to thi...
I agree that more words have negative connotations than positive ones, but I think that's generally because the level of specificity when describing s...
I'm with Jamal that the word "buffoon" has negative connotations, usually meaning someone who makes a fool of themselves or an idiot. When someone hea...
I'm okay with intelligence having many applications in different contexts. What bothers me here is that calling an idea or person intelligent is inten...
I can understand how my use of "English" could give off the impression that I'm approaching this topic as a non-native speaker who thinks English has ...
The reason I recommend confirmation bias is that I evaluate perspectives by what they produce, I do not recommend using "truth" and logic as measuring...
Of course, I'm not, in a thread where you've asked for "help moving past solipsism" you've adamantly defended your position, choices and values to eve...
Heh, all I asked is that you challenge yourself and try to change, and yet as predicted, you reject even this and defend the conditions which necessar...
These moral arguments are good, do you see yourself as somewhat heroic for facing these harsh truths of reality? Excellent, now work to discredit this...
Firstly that I see no reason why solipsism must necessarily have the consequences you're describing. It's not just solipsism that you're unwilling to ...
You didn't deserve the tone of my last response, I was influenced by some work-induced stress and should've waited until I was more relaxed before I c...
My issue with your approach to this question is that you are purposefully cherry-picking examples where contradictions are problematic, really, to a c...
What you mean is more apparent to me now, you are describing a logical chain, where we use conclusions derived from past consideration as factors in p...
I meant beliefs that are held by the individual, what they truly believe. I think it directly addresses that point and I don't understand why you thin...
What do you mean by "some logic"? Are you saying it can be illogical, but it must fit into an individual's wider narrative of their world? Or somethin...
I'm above average at chess, and I don't think we're saying anything too silly. Of course, one needs to set good goals and determine whether their pers...
For me, nihilism is the idea that there is no objective meaning, and that meaning is asserted by sentient beings such as humans. I would say there is ...
I should probably focus more on this aspect of my OP, as I didn't go over it in sufficient detail. You made the point using chess as your example, tha...
I agree with you, and as I said, I am not arguing against the use of reason. I am proposing that one should use reason to find the most useful perspec...
I am talking about formulating a perspective or opinion. You're right that we don't need to do everything by ourselves though. I guess the question wo...
Of course, and that's what thinking is, one can only handle so many factors, and so must consider the factors they wish to include, and how to include...
My questions were rhetorical... If you see what I've said as a rejection of reality, then either I've expressed myself poorly or you haven't made much...
What's real? Reality? Reality as in, the term that refers to all that's real? That reality is real? And it's going to continue after my death? I guess...
Is there some difference between the cause of your death being a meteor striking and destroying Earth, or dying after being hit by a car? If there is ...
All existence is based on mine, and when I cease to be, so will the universe, for me at least. Nothing will survive my death from my perspective, and ...
Yes, I've written it in an unclear way, but we could replace "we" with "our brains" in many places in my OP. I'm unsure to what extent evolution is re...
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