This seems entirely self-refuting even of your positions. You blame your opponents for just repeating themselves and saying no, but if what you say he...
Not meaning to derail the thread, but briefly, do you think it's impossible for philosophy to acquire any kind of method? And if it isn't why don't we...
I'm not sure about this, his analysis of the emotions is quite good. Why would you say Aquinas is incapable of that? Sure, except that you don't get t...
Most Orthodox end up quite close to Aquinas in terms of ethics and overall philosophy: http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,30018...
I think Solovyev was the most important figure but he was very much influenced by Platonism (a system of thought which includes virtue ethics). From W...
And Plato's ethics isn't virtue ethics? :s By the way, a solid argument can be made for Aquinas being much more of a Neo-platonist than a Aristotelian...
I think for the most part it does. Why would you say it doesn't? Remember that the East seems to have had access to Aristotle's works earlier than the...
Well, I started out by saying that the view with regards to morality that Thorongil expounds here is quite similar to Kantian deontological ethics, an...
That's not the number that I know... 8 billion is the number that I know. I think 25 billion is another "fake news" story to tell you the truth, simil...
I see. I'm not sure how trustworthy that is, since it is leaked material. "The transcripts were prepared by the White House but have not been released...
This is a very important subject. You are aware that this is not the position of either the Roman Catholic or the Eastern Orthodox church with regards...
Well, I suppose that's true, however, most of us don't make enough to the point we can be really safe if say an accident or the like would happen to u...
Well, I haven't "deliberately" converted myself from one to the other, but it's just a fact that when I was a tad younger I was a lot more optimistic ...
I think we're at an end of an era. A period of great conflict and darkness looms over us, and when we shall emerge from it, we'll never be the same ag...
Yes, for sure. All political regimes are myths - the world moves through political regimes cyclically. In today's world we have returned to the democr...
"the will of the people" is a myth ultimately. "The people" don't have a will. Only individuals do. The myth of the "will of the people" is the most e...
So then O:) - a stone that falls from the rooftop on someone's head has "simple" blame? :D Do you hold that there are situations when we should impris...
Can a stone be blameworthy? Can an animal be blameworthy? Or is it only moral agents that can be blameworthy? All the four I've listed will be relevan...
Okay, first of all, I don't think this example is the same as the one I gave. It's one thing if an incident that ends up harming someone happens by ac...
:s No, not just for myself, for everyone. I do share the idea of happiness/eudaimonia expressed in the video I linked you by Adler, namely that happin...
Interesting story. Yes, no doubt some concepts - like that of a princess in Western society - seem to be associated with white people. Is that a probl...
Is it possible to arrive at a rational judgement with regards to the morality of the said issues? But we can establish what is eudaimonia right? We ma...
:-} I will answer your 10 posts or so in due time. Now there's some work I need to do, because I'm still behind on work... that's what having to deal ...
Sure, so what? It doesn't follow that the action is not immoral, since that would be simply to presuppose that morality consists in not intending evil...
No, I actually don't see the problem. The serial killer may THINK his eudaimonia is different, but he would be wrong in his judgement. I'm actually ve...
If a person is the cause of something evil, then they are morally blameworthy, at least if they could have prevented it. I think your view actually le...
Produce eudaimonia? Well, I don't think murder or hate can be a "value". That doesn't follow, because I said ethical freedom is necessary for values t...
Ah, well you should have clarified that. Now why is ethical freedom a value? I think the freedom in question is the necessary presupposition of any va...
How come? I don't follow the logic. My point is that it seems that your conception of freedom is purely negative - being able to do whatever you want....
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