The nihilist has basically no real reasons for complying with morality in general since doesn't exist/have any real grounding. The nihilist might comp...
You'll never hear this question being asked by a soldier on the front lines or a man struggling to feed his impoverished village. You won't hear this ...
As a chess player, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear "patterns" is to think of patterns in chess which are really just geometric truths t...
It's entirely reasonable to be confused about this word. It confuses a lot of people; myself included. A lot of times in the context of injury or disa...
If someone actually cared about protecting black lives they'd take 2 seconds to look at the numbers and see that if we're talking about violence many,...
I support the basic aims of BLM: Police reforms and ending unjust state violence (obviously towards everyone would be ideal, but if we just want to fo...
No, it's not. A part of the problem is just the name: Black Lives Matter. If you want to call it blacks against state violence that's fine, but there'...
BLM doesn't even address crime right now. It is focused only on certain forms of violence towards black folks - namely, state violence and vigilante g...
The reason here is important. The devil is in the details. If you were to come up to me and be like "hey, you want to take part in this protest agains...
Are you saying that black on black violence is a result of poverty? This doesn't entirely bear out because we don't see the same homicide rates in oth...
I know that the issues are different, but you'd think a movement dedicated to the welfare of black people would be concerned with a category of homici...
It does seem a little strange to me how BLM focuses exclusively on violence committed towards black people by the state, but their statement neglects ...
Alright, I was just reading through this paper. " disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as exte...
I feel like we might be talking past each other here. When I say I support self-determination I'm saying that, in general I support the right of "a pe...
In some religious traditions God is all knowing and all powerful, so you and I might see things one way but unless it matches God's view it can't be v...
We won't know if we have the correct answers - this is philosophy, after all. I believe the nature of truth itself depends on whether we adopt a theis...
Metaphysics. The question of whether there is a God - and if so, what is his nature - or not, and one's views on ontology (the nature of being) and ou...
In your analogy you imply that a local business - say, like a sporting good store or a shoe store - is part of the opponent (you liken it to the face ...
I support it. If, by virtue of the discussion, we're just talking about groups I'll deal with groups but it's not my ideal method. I deal with individ...
Yeah, I engaged Streetlight because I was bored yesterday. I usually don't engage him, but when I did originally engage him yesterday it was just to t...
Why is it impossible to judge someone as an individual? Some % of the rioters are white, and some % of them are from decent economic backgrounds. Ther...
Exactly - it needs to be judged on an individual, case-by-case basis. I do feel bad for someone who never had a father due being arrested for pot or s...
If we're going back to this topic and I've stated this before but I do support police reforms - better training, body cams, independent agencies going...
No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm happy to acknowledge mitigating circumstances. Not everyone who commits a crime is a monster, and the case of the ...
Again, it's not a fantasy it's a hypothetical. I can't fantasize about you because I have no idea who you are. I'm just taking your ideas to a logical...
Ok, it's nice to know that you'd consider that if you or a family member were assaulted by an angry minority who was angry about racial injustice that...
It's not my fantasy. I don't have anything against you personally. I don't even know what you look like so I don't know how I would fantasize about th...
No, my point is that it rationally grounds western civilization. You need to work on your reading comprehension, no offense. You can disregard self-re...
It's good that it's not about you. It's not even about individuals, either. It's about groups. If an angry black man mugged you and left you lying in ...
Because it's what grounds western civilization - it grounds our legal system and the entire notion of the individual in society. I don't know Isaac, f...
If there's injustice I'm happy to speak out about it. But I also realize the world's not black and white and that injustice/unjust violence should be ...
But you do care about humanity so I guess that makes you a good person. You care about all of humanity. You're right to an extent though, I think it's...
I meant that group as individuals. Responsibility primarily rests at the individual level. I'm aware there could be external factors, but in the end y...
I've already said I'm on board with certain reforms. I've wanted to end the war on drugs for years. Even if the situation with blacks in America were ...
Why not just go after policeman or government officials as opposed to random small business owners if you're fine with violence? If you're fine with v...
The Just War comparison is not a perfect comparison. I adopted it because I was trying to give an opponent an extreme benefit of the doubt (e.g. even ...
When I was younger I agreed with this, but in reality it would have just likely driven the German population closer to the Nazis and the Nazis would h...
Just to be clear I'm not saying this either. I am saying that intentionally targeting civilians is wrong. Industries directly contributing to the war ...
Was it the society or was the Nazi regime that was murdering them with impunity? If it's the entire society you should have no problem carpet bombing ...
I can see this being the case. Honestly, my point was that even if the rioters concerns are valid - and I have no problem with body cameras or better ...
I'm fine having a discussion about that, but what we're talking about now is the rioters and their own personal moral responsibility. I said this earl...
Yes, their obligation is to defend themselves, and their existence is threatened. The Jews are very much at war here. There is, however, a just war tr...
In my discussion with Baden he asked me a question: Why don't disabled people riot? We (I say "we" because I mentioned I have a disability earlier) ha...
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