ToothyMaw

I'm going to keep going. This post is directed at compatibilists mostly. When I use the term "free" in the following post, I just mean being able to d...

Yeah, I'm sure you do, but having a right to do something doesn't make it a good thing to do. Thus, I apologized.

These are my thoughts on it: I think we are justified in hypothesizing a continuum between lawful and chaotic, because many actions one might take in ...

Fair enough. Sorry, @"NOS4A2". I could've said what I wanted to without the insults. I hope we can continue to be on good enough terms to have product...

Fair enough. I could've been more responsible and thoughtful in crafting that message. But it isn't necessary to the story that she believe exactly wh...

Lily is the true protagonist of the story and very much represents the best humanity has to offer - she is skilled, kind, empathetic, loyal, and unerr...

NOS, if we don't do what is necessary to protect the environment no one will even be around to enjoy the freedoms you claim to have in mind for humani...

That is at least partially an easy question to answer, but mostly irrelevant to our discussion. What I, some random person on a forum, thinks we ought...

Then you are okay with the end of organized life on Earth because you think no one has the right to transgress your rights unless you transgress their...

So, there is never a justification for transgressing other's freedoms unless one's own freedoms are directly being transgressed. That isn't what you w...

First off, neo-Nazis are indeed to be fought, just not with rifles or bombs because they don't usually commit to armed warfare against any ideologies ...

Forgot to mention you in the comment. I posted it above.

I’ll run through the main point of the story and allow anyone who has questions to ask those questions, as I could write entire pages about it. This i...

I'm happy to share about my story. Just give me a little bit of time to whip something up.

Sorry for waiting so long, but I just want to say thanks for the compliments. I wrote what I wanted to; I had a definite artistic vision for the story...

NOS, they literally aim to set up a state governed by Islamic principles, probably through armed conflict. Jihadists must transgress others' rights by...

Fair enough. I do think that it cannot be accomplished by people external to Islam, however, and some progressive Muslims need to take a stand. In fac...

Difficult question. A simple answer is that those of us who are not ideologically aligned with or politically adjacent to such groups should go about ...

Does the existence of Islamic reformers actually constitute oppression of jihadists, though? If anything, jihadists would be the ones inclined to impo...

Okay, cool, that's a lot different from what you were saying. We can actually discuss this. Do you think there might need to be something at work in o...

For fuck's sake, T, did you even read the OP? I said that our current foreign policy makes no sense if we care about reducing jihadism. I agree with y...

Duly noted. Thanks, sandwich.

I think I get it, yes. If we suppose that radical interpretations of scripture are a necessary component of jihadism, we get your argument: And we can...

I've got it. 1) If jihadism and the radical interpretations of scripture that give rise to jihadism are to be tolerated, they must be compatible with ...

I present the modus tollens version: 1) If religious tolerance applies to jihadism and those radical interpretations of scripture that give rise to ji...

Thanks, sandwich. I'll use those resources for sure.

Okay, cool.

Yes, I see. I'll try to make it simpler. How do you get the logic symbols in your posts?

Looks good. Thanks for simplifying it; I should have done that myself and saved you the work.

Sounds about right. But I don't think many people actually think we should tolerate jihadism. People might, however, think we ought to tolerate the ki...

I think it is unreasonable to expect me to be able to resolve the is/ought problem when I argue for veganism, because if we truly didn't already bypas...

You know, I think most people walk around thinking that there is no way that they, as individuals, could be ethically obligated to change their lifest...

I think I agree that all of that would have to be delivered, too. I'm just saying that a selfish ethics is not off the table merely because Ayn Rand o...

Disregarding 3), our answers to 1) and 2) are mostly different because you seem to hold some reservations about whether or not universal vegan claims ...

When I mention "facts", I just mean facts related to the treatment of animals and those that indicate we could easily avoid the concomitant suffering ...

Wait, what? If one perceives there to be an ethical obligation, and this obligation, appropriately supported by the facts, indicates that everyone oug...

I think this speaks to people thinking there might be some way of ethically consuming animal products as a sort of “out” from veganism, and that does ...

I'm on it, sandwich!

Sure, just give me a little bit. Still chewing on that last post; I'm trying hard to understand his semiotics stuff, but it is really abstract.

Honestly, I really don't know Singer's body of work well enough to give a best entry point. I started with Practical Ethics, but I'm sure one could st...

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Okay, yes, this is interesting enough to maintain at least my interest and suspension of nominalist assumptions or whatever, but you need to throw som...

I would just get right to Practical Ethics, although it isn't an easy read in some sections (both in terms of being comprehended and being uncomfortab...

There is definitely something to be said for keeping threads on track, but: That was a little...cold. I'm not sure that Sandwich wasn't contributing t...

Yes, I would say so. Like you seem to be saying, it isn't like people even have to abandon the main thrust of, or the vast majority of the normative c...

I suppose I should at least give one specific, significant factor. Consider the influence of corporations on policy in the United States, for example....

This question is actually a little more difficult than I initially thought. Because, in a way, Straight Edge seems to have provided an all-encompassin...

Alternatively, you could just be a really careful nominalist. Maybe. edit: nope, probably not

I think the point is that from a nominalist perspective, deriving noun phrases like "honey has sweetness" (or just "x has y-ness" in a more general fo...

Since no one else seems to want to respond: that is like asking why one cannot willfully flush their Christmas toy truck decorations down the toilet b...