Well yes, it's a position I find tempting (and interesting) - that of an absolute freedom not bound by anything. But then I also find that to contain ...
Sure but you certainly do see the way in which such effects are less likely in the case of gluttony, and more likely in the case of something like mur...
Indeed either way we'll have quite an event. Either it's the first time a former President returns as a spouse, or it is the first time a white billio...
If that is so, then you are dangerously close to the Orthodox position. Because you'll end up saying that you love according to the intellect - hence ...
Or rather Christ is the Law... But the only question is "could he break it?" and to that I would answer no. Why? Because his will and intellect are on...
Yes but what if you were to find a reason for freely choosing duty? That's Kierkegaard's point. My position would be that I think a mistake is committ...
Yes that is true (regarding Platonism). It seems much more other-worldly focused than Catholicism for example. Not that I necessarily view that as a g...
Well I think most people's penises are part of them, and in-so-far as this is true, they certainly do matter. If you want to go so-far as to think tha...
You may find Kierkegaard's Works of Love interesting at reconciling your idea of radical freedom with the idea of duty - it's one of the core aspects ...
Sure, but in practical terms, he was an atheist. His behaviour did not hinge on the belief in gods, as gods have nothing to do with men. Whereas for S...
Yes; the difference between Sam Harris and Epicurus is that Epicurus honestly disbelieves in God, while Sam Harris uses his disbelief as a justificati...
That sin and error are necessary for the progression of an individual is undeniable. However - a society, in order to maintain the stability required ...
Whatever Became of Sin by Karl Menninger (a psychiatrist) discusses this idea in detail if you are interested. Yes agreed. I don't think this is entir...
Yes - I think that's good because not everyone has the wisdom or the time to be a philosopher and understand how some particular may affect them espec...
I disagree :) I am an Aristotelian when it comes to ethics, although I do disagree with a few of Feser's interpretations. For example, he admits, like...
Well the real answer I believe is that "nothing is wrong in simply enjoying life". Simply enjoying life is probably the best way to live. However - th...
And really my main point was just that the discourse "everything is transient" is very confusing and likely to lead someone into the wrong view - nihi...
Yes but the other things are also goods - which is very important. Many from the Platonic tradition go to the extreme of saying that just because the ...
Well you have to consider what one truly desires when they opt for fast food, porn, mindless entertainment, money, thrills etc. They are very likely c...
Not if you define satiety, as one should, as incomplete fulfilment of desire (it's incomplete because desire rises again - if it was complete, no desi...
That time when you peacefully watch a youtube philosophy presentation, and then look at the comments to discover that one of the TPF members is out th...
Really? If that were true, man's fulfilment would be impossible. Man has desire. Desire is the reflection of an emptiness, a thirst. Filling that empt...
Oh give me a break! Nowhere in there is there a hint about Clinton's assassination, that is just crazy from the media. I've listened to his speeches y...
How is that possible? It's impossible that a man whose life is not transformed by it is in possession of the truth. It's a performative contradiction....
But this is an excuse. Who cares if his works were peerless? They clearly weren't so powerful as to get him to change. So it's in the end just beautif...
And maybe also add that rightfully so :D lol You shall know them by their fruits - what were their fruits? Watts used to persevere in doing drugs and ...
Peirce did criticise Descartes's method of doubt involving the evil demon though. If that criticism applies to Descartes, it certainly applies to the ...
The "evidence" is that his poll numbers were lower after the Orlando attacks? Let me remind you that in that period a lot of other events happened, in...
Why do you think so? I think regardless of whether he's a good or bad man, he surely isn't a parody. He's got some very difficult construction project...
Because in the UK most people only listen to mass-media snippets of him - not to full speeches. The mass-media is making a caricature of it - they are...
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