You are viewing the historical archive of The Philosophy Forum.
For current discussions, visit the live forum.
Go to live forum

Marzipanmaddox

Comments

Yes, sure, money is flawed. This is a very fair point. I'm not defending money as perfect, I'm just saying that it has a higher degree of legitimacy t...
August 20, 2019 at 22:50
You are correct in this. Just because we do not know of one, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Meaning, if we reduced all moral arguments to nothing but ...
August 20, 2019 at 22:32
1. I'm not saying that value did not exist. I'm saying that value was not as clearly and objectively quantified before the existence of cash, which it...
August 19, 2019 at 16:35
No, it can't. If a philosopher says "I philosophize that rocks fall to the ground when thrown into the air", it stops being philosophy and instead jus...
August 19, 2019 at 16:04
If people reject the collective than they are not people at all. They are animals at best, and still, as even feral humans, much like many other anima...
August 18, 2019 at 19:39
Because you argue that philosophy is correct. Philosophy is entirely subjective. If philosophy is correct, that means correctness is somehow a subject...
August 18, 2019 at 19:22
I numbered the reply to your comments. 1. What establishes value? It's cash. As much as cash has a value that fluctuates, it can still be used as a me...
August 18, 2019 at 19:21
Correctness by default is not subjective. That's the point I'm trying to make. If your argument is subjective, changes over time, influenced by opinio...
August 18, 2019 at 17:03