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That is philosophical speculation's Achilles heel. The postmodernist got that one, a really rigid and uptight version. But Socrates had it first, and ...

I don't believe in saints, but that's me, I could be wrong, it's a terrible tragedy. I just don't trust people that over-advertise their righteousness...

Well first, great video. Monkeys are hysterical. What I noticed intitially, was that there was no mention of ethics or morality in the entire video. S...

Its the worst kind of selfishness. There is speculation in various belief systems that our original nature is thrown out of balance at birth or shortl...

Perplexing indeed. Let's just agree: humans are only animals. But then it must also be granted that: no other animals are human but humans. That alone...

That's pretty far fetched. where did you come up with that?

Yes, free will is necessary for ethics, because it is the only criterion by which an ethical creature can be held accountable. The notion of accountab...

Abstract reasoning and language are the necessary interface by which the ethical is accessed and apprehended. For a creature to be ethical, it would r...

It's hard to imagine animals developing semantic moral guidelines by abstract reasoning and language. Until we can observe animals doing this, there i...

its another example of how notational calculus has no relation to life

Sorry, I was just exercising my Cartesian doubt. It's fun to exercise the mind with such philosophical extremes. Movement is dependent on the concept ...

Has the material even been determined to exist in actuality? The answer to that may offer some clues.

Space is a fascinating concept. It definitely exists in our minds.

Nope. You said: Faith (religiously speaking) and belief are qualitatively different but commonly confused. Doubt relates to belief, not faith (in the ...

The key term is "expressions of morality". I can easily explain how mechanical devices express morality. However, the pertinent question is not how mo...

What have you exposed? I predict no explanation.

I'm convinced. Great support of your position. You convinced me.

Has nothing to do with morality. Morality is more than simply imitation. And it is more than simply rule following or empathy. Show that animals can c...

Gross :vomit:

I still believe we must stay vigilent in preventing the outbreak of rabbititis. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-nzeyWrPamghttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v...

Actually the opposite of doubt is belief. The opposite of faith (especially in a religious sense) is sin or transgression. It is interesting how doubt...

Loving the debate. Keep it up :pray:

It is exhaustinglay complex. As far as summaries go, you've done a fine job with the final couple paragraphs. The sublation you refer to is the negati...

That is precisely the correct time to engage your interlocutor.

Yes. Negative knowledge. Interesting how Hegel incorporates it as a necessary part of human experience. Definitely one of the greatest philosophical c...

I agree. And it is rather simple, animals cannot be moral because they display an insufficiency in thought capacity, which indicates they are incapabl...

Like drone strikes! Right?

I'm only rich in cheesy sarcasm

Ok, here it is. Nihilism requires perspectivism in order to make sense of the world (so you can eat and shit). So its great contribution to history is...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: . Some people just get it. Its an honor to meet you

Because i've read his posts for years. And very few on this forum can compete with his intellect. Why else do you think the moderators tolerate his be...

Damn strait. America and the the rest, beginning with agreeable white europeans

I don't give a fuck about human life. Everything for me revolves around the mine gap. But seriously, don't be crazy, if Street actually condoned terro...

Stop it. You are making me blush :blush: . But seriously, that is an amazing compliment, thank you.

I can't think of a good joke :vomit: . I think wayfarer was involved with Tom storm concerning idealism equating to nihilism. I like that debate. I ha...

From the nihilistic perspective, this is absolutely correct. Fortunately nihilism is not the end-all-be-all. From the idealist perspective, this is no...

It's only a matter of time before America's boot size grows so large that it begins stepping on its tail. Immigrants will be the first casualty.

Nihilism requires its subordinate to either create himself by his own willpower or perish. Hence Nietzsche's emphasis on the will to power.

Very nice! Need I say more.

That sounds honest on their part. Ironic

Let's review. Your definition was: You did not cite a source, so I can only assume you invented it yourself. I did not invent a definition for myself,...

Jim Henson is like Jesus in the the states

Fundamentalists are the lamest strawman for dismissing religion. It's like evoking Elmo's pedophilia to demonize all muppets

The demands of one's faith are beyond reason... that sounds quite fanatical to me. Sounds like another argument in favor of campaign finance reform. I...

If you insist... His father must have said that. Get it ... *crickets*

:rofl: That is genius stuff. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Exactly. Excuse my lexicon, I was simply attempting to speak the strange language of philosopher. A truly religious person will likely have a fanatica...

If I remember correctly, dukkha is suffering and it is due to our dependence on maya, which ultimately keeps us stuck in samsara. So, following that t...

Absolutely. That is the core essence of postmodernism. Of course, as in most everything, a healthy balance of freedom and restriction is probably the ...

Religious morality is faith based. It all has to do with ethical doubt. That even if we do what is considered right, there is no way to determine if t...