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Lawrence of Arabia

['Member']Joined: November 06, 2019 at 23:24Last active: February 01, 2020 at 20:341 discussions8 comments

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I gave the house example as a means to try to give a practical example, but as you noticed it has some flaws. The point I attempted to make was that y...
November 29, 2019 at 18:03
Your point about my post is true, however, the point I was making was just that situations need future context, as I assumed but did not write that pa...
November 29, 2019 at 18:00
The problem is that is is impossible to do this. If I build a house for the homeless, but it ends up collapsing and killing ten people due to a faulty...
November 29, 2019 at 17:17
What is your reasoning for that? I accepted my definition as a postulate (with a small amount of reasoning) because I did not think someone could come...
November 29, 2019 at 16:54
if I understand Pfhorrest correctly, he is saying that it is consequentialism because the original argument for ends justify the means was that if the...
November 29, 2019 at 16:27
That is a good explanation, and considering that my original argument is void thanks to dingo, I think I'll accept that explanation.
November 29, 2019 at 01:22
Well, thanks for pointing out every error in my argument. I good counter-argument I must say.
November 29, 2019 at 01:21
exactly. The end was never realized, or as it was in both the end was not as it seemed. So the "intended" end still justified the means. Edit: this is...
November 28, 2019 at 21:23