god must be atheist

They say there is much to say for a system that is easy to comprehend but is only an approximation of the truth, but is useful as a model. It's better...

I don't seek justification ... it's like justifying gravity or the speed of light. I only describe a system in a way that gives a wholly different way...

I am talking voluntary moral calculations. - peer induced moral values - whether the actor accepts them or not - if the actor does not accept and inte...

I don't like that question, because it shows to me you haven't been getting my point. They are equally valid in two groups: valid for one group with o...

You are absolutely right! In fact, in minor depressions this is the described practice by economists. The great highways, the damns, the huge infrastr...

All moral calculations contain some emotional reaction, but not all emotional reactions are part of moral calculations.

That's just it; my examples showed that there is no neutral side in some moral questions. By the multitude of answers to the multitude of questions I ...

Yes, production would slow down, workers would lose their jobs, and would buy even less. Less bought, production would plummet deeper down. Bunch of w...

Right you are. But you are swaying from the decision made on a moral basis. If logic is at the top of the list, and morality is at the bottom, then th...

There are many ways to skin a cat, but the cat has nine lives, and the cat-o-tail has nine whips. That's just it. You could ask a number of things, an...

Nice pun!

That is true. What many don't realize is that the USA would be in the middle of a long-long elongated depression, created by an overproduction crisis....

that's precisely what the subjectivism is about (voluntary) morality; the precise thing that eradicates any trace of objectivism. You said it yourself...

This is the "comparison" with other moral theories you said I should have done to show this idea, if you like, as a theory. I think I did not elaborat...

You are absolutely right. Universals are challenging in and by themselves. I did not want to elaborate, but I can't see a parent not dive into water (...

Thanks, this is a good point. I thought a theory was something that has not enough proof for acceptance, but enough evidence and not enough mistakes /...

That's just it: feelings are not universal over some particular action or event. For example: One nation's celebration of victory over the overlords i...

I'd say three weeks, or use the formula: one week for every 5 stories submitted. If longer than 2 weeks, then create two well-placed whooping-up of in...

Thank you, ToothyMaw! That was a useful comment by you. Thanks.

1. You present a theory on something that we don't know what it is. It's like stating a theory on god: everyone has a concept of god, or of morality, ...

Thanks for the critical comment, ToothyMaw... would it have killed you to leave the comment on THAT thread instead of this one? At any rate, you said ...

Thank you for giving me the time. My idea I like, tremendously, as you said. Opposed to many or all dilettantes (which I am one of) I don't prescribe ...

Truly agree. Furthermore, the goal of utilitarian morality could be subjective, phenomenal, relative, objective, transcendent and universal; and so wo...

One wise person told me never to chalk up to malice what you can explain with ... well, with stupidity. I don't think Kenosha Kid is stupid... far fro...

There is nothing to explain. I think the ball is in your court. If not, then the ball got lost. I'm okay with that.

Social commentary on Apollodorus's mind. I tried to be ironic, but I guess I failed. I was too rational and realistic in the views of other respondent...

Obviously the Russians are incapable of normal thought, and their entire economy is based on thieving, pilfering and fraud. Their economic miracle can...

I am not responsible for your immediately forgetting what you had said in a one previous post. I am not going to tell you what you have written and op...

I wonder if you could provide a simple, tangible example. Not a complicated one at all. A simple one. How a OLP uncovers criteria that makes us satisf...

Critiques are solutions too. Inasmuch as solutions can be found. In the sense that 5 <> 6 is a solution much like 5=5 is a solution. A solution can be...

You're right, but only in the cases where non-philosophers read. I am in the opinion that although everyone has philosophical thoughts and like to pon...

Thanks for writing the above, but I actually don't see how it relates to our argument. My position is that a summary may be a good starting point whil...

I can't see you make an argument to show that recorded history now is less indicative in this set of ethical questions than the recorded history of sa...

If the publisher strikes out half of it, he or she or anything in-between shall publish it, therefore no need to make a podcast. The publisher wouldn'...

You are talking about climate change and how it's not documented it's reversible by reducing the population. But that's not a refutation of my argumen...

You can't get away from the presupposition that your rely on your senses. What else are you going to rely on? Very basically. A priori knowledge? They...

Thanks for providing an example of your point:

So now that you agree with me, I'm wrong?

"However: if your entire manuscript is particularly finely written, submit it to a publisher." - A. T. S. In other words: consistency is the most impo...

Okay, I get it. You, personally, find incestuous sexual relationships more abominable than murder, rape, theft on a large scale, and crimes against hu...

It's your word against mine. Except I can cite examples of what is seriously frowned upon and what is not. You just speak in generalities and claim fa...

This is the misconception of the century. Please consider the following, I beg you: 1. It is people who are polluting and poisoning the environment. 2...

Goals of theists: "Drop-kick me, Jesus, through the goal-posts of life!" Goals of atheists: scored in world cup soccer matches. Anti-goals of theists:...

Philosophical summaries are useful for those who are only getting acquainted with a topic or subject. It's a good starting point, from which one can a...

Utilitarian ethics indeed does provide for some self-contradictory situations. As an example: What is the best thing that can happen to mankind right ...

What would happen if something happened that is not scientifically explicable? is your question. I chalk it up as wishful thinking by the religious. I...

This is a good one, but I would file the acceptance that "logic is logical" under sense-sensation. Our entire intuitive world, including language and ...

Here're some examples of how ordinary language philosophy solves philosophical problems. Example 1: Person 1: "I wonder how long the universe has been...

I'm weirded out of course because of my ego. Then I'm weirded out because I don't know that people don't argue with me because they ignore me, i.e. I'...

Except that it's not. There are bigger taboos: child molestation, rape, murder, overthrowing the government, picking your toes during dinner. The bigg...