Hume does say that cause and effect is not observable. We can only observe events following each other, not the causal connection. However, we are in ...
Certainly, good action and good intention are very different. A good action can occur by accident and be performed by a villain - it just requires a g...
I still don’t know why you insist on calling the man who follows rules a moral man. I want to contest the notion that morality is about rules. Your ow...
There’s no real reason to distinguish between the good man and the moral man. The meaning of moral (or ethical) is whatever is good human conduct. A g...
There is no greater principle of the good other than what you might want to put into. This is not to say that the good is relative or that you can’t b...
There’s an irreconcilable difference between the Kantian notion of a good man and the one who emerges from Aristotelian virtue ethics. Since for Kant ...
Yes, having a disposition for something means that when the relevant circumstance occurs, the thing will occur. If you are disposed to catching a cold...
Something is good whenever it performs its function well, when it does well compared to what might reasonably be expected of it. I find my computer go...
If a coherent set of ideas has an element of revelation in it, it can be classified as a religion, if not it is a philosophy. We could also count a de...
I wonder who you have heard making that claim. I can’t imagine anyone seriously saying that what is inescapable is good. You can’t escape from prison,...
Reality wouldn’t need a qualification, would it? It is simply what is, what exists out there independent of any human mind. Of course, the moment we t...
Much as I subjectively agree with you, green being my favorite color, I have a hard time defending it objectively. That doesn’t mean it can’t be done,...
Good. It seems like you agree with me that legal rights and moral rights are different. I’m sorry for harping on this since it’s no longer a matter of...
Could you please clarify. Do you agree that a moral and a legal right are two different things? Someone can have the moral right to something but not ...
Legally it is Stanley’s money. No one has the legal right to it but him. From a legal standpoint the case is very simple and clear-cut. But that was n...
Tzeentch is right. The question is whether the money will actually be useful for him. If he’s a spendthrift who’s likely to squander it, there is no s...
The original question didn’t deal with the morality of marijuana as such, so it could in principle be asked about any product. If product x, apple pie...
By almost all standards Trump is unsuited to be president, except by one, and that’s the only one that counts: He is the lawful president. The calls f...
Language is moving thoughts from one head to another. Well, ideally that’s what it is, or that’s what we try to do every time we open our mouth. (Thou...
The Brexit chaos in the UK is largely caused by an unfortunate new electoral practice. In the Westminster model of parliamentary democracy there used ...
I mean “legitimate” as in “according to a standard”. According to the standard of what we call an opinion the sentence “Homosexuals are inferior human...
The problem with so called hate speech as opposed to other modes of speech is that it is not easily defined. When does an expression of opinion become...
Satisfaction probably means a less extensive form of happiness. If you have happiness, you also have satisfaction or satisfaction may lead to happines...
Only one thing can ever be a goal in itself: Happiness. (Aristotle says so, and I agree.) Whatever other goals we have, we ultimately pursue them for ...
We can be never be completely sure about anything. Therefore, whenever we make a statement, any statement, what we are actually saying is “I believe t...
Our legal system is certainly Kantian, or rather Kantian ethics is modeled after the legal system. The laws of a country are intended to be so constru...
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