JosephS

I wonder what Elie Wiesel would tell us the opposite of hate is.

I am still trying to ingest this message. In particular, this:

Perhaps I am not giving this idea its due or perhaps what I am talking about is considered elsewhere, but the premise I'm contemplating has the "ought...

As a descriptive effort, and this is how I first approached my question in the OP, it was a consideration from a meta-ethical perspective. I think the...

I've appreciated the responses in this thread as it is helping me get my head around the topic. I'd never come across 'ethical naturalism' prior and s...

I agree that what Darwinian Morality implies is a baseline utilitarian goal, the good of group survival, the ethical systems at work subordinate to th...

The baseline claim is that moral systems and the principles that are encapsulated by that system are selected for like many other Darwinian effects. I...

Carly Simon, is that you?

I think I can appreciate what you're saying about the infinite regress. In considering a normative theory of ethics and applying it to the present env...

After reading an article on Darwinian Morality, I started a separate thread on the topic. I am using predictive success as a reflection of objectivity...

Quite right. My first concern in asking is whether the question is meaningless or trivial. What I'm trying to understand is whether we can say 'thou s...

This is not Social Darwinism as a moral theory as much as it is Darwinism in meta-ethics. How do moral theories compete. At least that's what I intend...

Link fixed.

When you mentioned Nuremberg, I heard 'crimes against humanity'. Did Nazi Germany sign onto any treaties that would have supported the sort of penalti...

It is a bitter side effect of our justice system that some people aren't punished for acts that ought, reasonably, be punished. What would be the impa...

I'm interested in this line of argumentation. If the genesis of moral codes derive and are patterned, a la the capability for language, in our brain v...

A couple of other videos regarding the genesis and promise of string theory: String theory explained Brian Greene This reflects the sort of scalpel-wi...

I love the Numberphile videos. In this case, it appears he's working off of the conundrum faced long ago regarding the 5th postulate. The best part of...

The way I resolve it is by not reading the threads that are titled in a way which seem to poke at those who maintain a religious faith. It's been a lo...

Is it not legitimate to judge, and in some cases prohibit, the creation of certain living things? Is there no legitimate application of principle rega...

You've pointed out here an off-shoot of this area of ethical inquiry that bears further investigation. The mainline argument, that human procreation i...

I came across Russell in this regard via von Neumann who I had been reading on with respect to the development of the von Neumann machine (Hungarians,...

And yet Russell and von Neumann both advocated for a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the Soviet Union. Russells Advocacy

I appreciate your difference with those that seemingly come from a misanthropic worldview. It repels me as well. But I also reflect on where I've been...

Thinking about the topic is certainly helpful for me as I work through questions that I previously haven't considered. Among other things it has spark...

I'm in general agreement with your outlook but I do have an objection as it applies to public policy and how we can minimize the risk of resource misa...

Where do you feel the anger comes from? I'm asking because I don't have an issue with Shakers not procreating. Neither do I have an issue with those w...

Resonance, here, is metaphoric. No expectation of connection outside of a certain similarity. Consider the observable universe of this instant (T-0) a...

I wish I had a well considered response to your comments, but I have to say I've never knowingly read a poststructuralist literary theorist. What I re...

I don't have any problem with your assertion. Someone else may have a more developed position on the 'coming to be' process. The underlying premise is...

It's music and music is an art form. But I'd have difficulty calling the software the artist. Where does that leave us? I suppose until the AI can be ...

I'm in the process of potty-training a puppy we just got. She's in the process of adapting to my positive reinforcement towards having her relieve her...

My mom says I'm special. I suggest that makes our little galactic neighborhood special, by implication.

To be clear, I share your skepticism for what remains of the logical chain from the first post. Maybe non-aggression ends up being the best strategy, ...

My knowledge is tuned to practical application vs having internalized the implications of a Bayesian perspective. Until I came to grips with the natur...

I skimmed over the post you replied to. I figured your question was around detecting a cheating dealer. I remember doing something akin to this that i...

I know yours was probably a rhetorical question but I would, after a sufficient number of iterations, see if the measure of likelihood supported the c...

I'm not sure of your concern with the gambler's fallacy. From Bostrom's paper: My contention that the farther away the better derives from Bostrom's c...

Well maybe not yet. Team IDs Spoken Words And Phrases In Real Time From Brain’s Speech Signals What if we could measure intent to deceive along with t...

Makes sense to me. Independently evolved advanced species in close proximity supports a prediction that the population of advanced species in the gala...

Human industry has managed to meet concerns of great importance (e.g. famine, disease) in the past, overcome them or controlled them. Pessimism says a...

I read this and I become confused by the term 'the other'. Is this other agent an agent in singular or does the other reflect the 'other' in toto? Res...

My posts on this thread are meant to understand perspectives on the evolution of our state. I respect the principles of federalism in as much as a ten...

I disagree. I can't see this conversation leading anywhere useful.

An article arguing for the repeal of the 17th here. I don't take the premise cited (in the article) for the ratification of the 17th Amendment on fait...

My apologies for making the question opaque. I appreciate federalism for a certain liberty (allowing each state to vary its obligations and prohibitio...

Tim, I appreciate your input on this thread. A question for you if you have insight on the topic. The 17th Amendment gave us popular vote for the US S...

Ridicule is a natural human response to those things perceived as absurd. That I won't (or at least I try really hard not to) can't be considered a co...

Is there any means to find common ground in this forum's dispute by distinguishing between those characteristics of the divine that might overlap with...

Thank you for this. You'd mentioned these two authors in a previous thread and I put them on my reading list. Having them available via pdf is prefera...