T_Clark

I'll add this one, although it is political rather than strictly informative. I call myself a committed liberal, but this website makes me think that ...

You "prove" you are thinking by acting like a thinking person does. I guess it's like the Turing test - From Wikipedia: The Turing test, developed by ...

I don't agree. See my response to PMcP's original post. I like your understanding of "ego." I'm not sure if, or how, it's different from the ones I wa...

I think you are confusing two types of being "egoless." The first, which is the one that you seem to apply to yourself, comes from having an inadequat...

I left out the source of gratitude that has meant the most to me. Libraries in: Seaford DE Easton MD Martinsville VA Cambridge MA Rutland VT Boston MA...

You're right. He wasn't answering your question, but you were being unnecessarily formalistic. I think his point is that abortion is wrongful killing,...

As I said previously, a very humane and practical approach.

As a member of the Democratic Party, I don't take people seriously who call it the Democrat Party and call members Democrat, rather than Democratic, p...

A very nuanced and convincing approach. Your commitment to practicality without giving up on moral vision is admirable.

Is fornication immoral? I checked and it's not illegal in the US. Homosexuality? Masturbation? Pornography? Predatory business practices?

I can't tell, are you fer birth control or agin it? I have no problem supporting non-coercive programs that try to reduce promiscuous sex, but I put m...

This is a disturbing and, in my opinion, silly metaphor. Really - an embryo is like cancer?

I believe that calling out someone else for committing a logical fallacy is a logical fallacy. An appeal to jargon. We can call it T Clark's fallacy i...

Really? Everything that's not morally right should be illegal?

You're playing with words here. You know what Thorongil is saying. If it's not murder, what is it? What is the word for immoral killing of another hum...

Gratitude is my favorite emotion. I sometimes wonder if one of the reasons we have God is that people need someone to be grateful for for this world w...

Hey - no fair. You respond so fast I don't get a chance to keep up. Anyway - The accidental vs. substantial change distinction is Aristotle, right? So...

And, as I said, in my opinion eight cells is not a tree. A theme I come back to in a lot of my posts - metaphysics is not a matter of true or false, i...

Nonetheless, that's the way things work here. As I said, the forum rules are enforced with a lot of leeway. I endorse that, although I try, with reaso...

Well, no. It's not undeniable. I don't consider eight cells human life. I think abortion is a bad method of birth control. It should be avoided, but I...

Welcome to the forum. In order to hang around here, especially if you plan to support unpopular ideas, it's best if you prepare to be treated un-civil...

Good correlation between a test and some property doesn't make what the test measures "a scientific fact." It makes the test a potentially useful inst...

You made me think of something I'd forgotten. Actually, I wrote about this on Shoutbox perviously. Do you remember the Whole Earth Catalog? It came ou...

I like that there are places to learn about everything. To me, the essence of reason is to put myself imaginatively in the intellectual life of people...

Of course - 100 is the average by definition. In my experience of people in everyday life, apparent IQ level does not have a high correlation with com...

Reading Krishnamurti and Emerson I get the same feeling - a call to the most radically individualistic approach to life I can imagine. I am very drawn...

I found courses in Tarot reading and Reiki!! I love it. $10.99 each. Also, more practical things. No irony intended.

I hadn't thought of that. Another good example of generosity with information just for the love of sharing.

You misunderstood me. I thought you were being ironic because you set the standard so low. 125! That might even even let vote, but certainly not .

On a philosophical basis I agree, although I might say "evil" rather than "cheating." But for smarty pants such as some of us are, it can lead to misu...

Although I see from reading later posts that you are being ironic, I thought this would be of interest. It is a purported literacy test for voting fro...

The word "know" has a low falutin, everyday meaning that we are all, or almost all, familiar with. We don't need justified true belief. We don't need ...

I'll check on that after I get some money out of the ATM machine. I hope I can remember my PIN number. I have it written here somewhere in a document ...

Theocracy isn't my idea of the best type of government. I'm a firm believer in separation of church and state. That being said, just saying something ...

It seems fair and just to me, but then, what does God care about what I think is fair and just.

Sharia law is a system of that's been around for more than a thousand years. It covers all aspects of civil and criminal law and is based on Islam. I ...

I have an idea for an afterlife that is somewhere between heaven and hell. I've thought about it a lot and I think it is fair and just. All of us will...

This is from Wikipedia: The word incompetent is used to describe persons who should not undergo certain judicial processes, and also for those who lac...

Isn't this somewhere in the vicinity of what I was saying about autonomy being separate from moral considerations?

I think it's clear this is not the way I use philosophy or interact with people and the world. I've only met a few people who, like you, use reason as...

I don't see why "moral judgments imply a hierarchy." I can't think of a time I'm not ashamed of when I thought I was better than someone else. To me, ...

Yes, I do think you have misunderstood the nature of a discussion forum. This one at least. As for what kind of response I expected - I didn't expect ...

I was using "book larnin'" as smart ass shorthand for formal application of reason and will. I think there can be progress toward authenticity and tha...

I'm a smart guy. I have good reading comprehension. I sincerely tried to understand. So.... I doubt that my failure was "profound." It's not primarily...

The other example I gave was life. You're right.

This has been a really interesting discussion. The idea that being authentic, autonomous has a moral dimension is really alien to me. I don't mean wei...

I don't have any problem with the examples you provide, except they are not examples of emergence. They are examples of statistical mechanics. Those a...

Not for me it isn't. There's lots of stuff I like that I'm not especially moved by. I read a lot of science fiction, but I'm moved by "Heart of Darkne...

Yeah, well, I'm not very conversant in semiotics or hermaneutics or whatever the hell it is. Please feel free to spell things any way you want.

fdrake specifically asked that people not participate in this discussion if they don't accept the basic premises he spelled out. Apparently you still ...