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I’d be interested in hearing your response to the question I’ve asked @"Tzeentch" and @"NOS4A2". Do we have an obligation not to benefit from the expl...

This has been an interesting, useful discussion for me, but I've never thought we would convince each other of anything significant. You and I won't c...

In my understanding, it is the strengths of the interacting electric and magnetic fields that vary. There is no medium beyond that.

You don't know, You don't know my mind When you see me laughing, I'm laughing just to keep from crying

I think that's an over-simplification, although there is certainly truth in it. Yes, this is the image I have of governance in western Europe. How doe...

I think it's simpler than dynamic systems devolving into chaos, although I certainly have seen enough of that over my economic lifetime. It's a matter...

This has been a useful discussion - it's helped me get my head together on what I really see as the issue. Both you and @"NOS4A2" have forced me to lo...

In my OP I tried to be clear - I'm not here to rail against the evils of conservatism, capitalism and corporativism. I'm just talking about the hypocr...

I'm not talking about literature, I'm talking about real life. Can you give some examples of large complex societies where non-governmental institutio...

As I see it, it's not a question of expressing concern for humanity, it's about taking responsibility for their welfare. To lighten that a bit, it's a...

As much as I dislike the results of last years elections, I don't think there was significant illegal interference.

In my experience, libertarians don't really have much interest in "our obligations to our fellow man and to our communities." Take environmental prote...

There's a lot of truth in what you've written, although it's a bit of a caricature. You've also broadened it beyond the scope of my OP, which is fine ...

No more. I won't discuss this with you again. As I noted, it doesn't work.

You and I have discussed this numerous times and each time I explain how I understand metaphysics. After all this time we have no excuse. Either I exp...

I agree with everything you've written, but what's the alternative? I would be more sympathetic to the libertarian view if there were any acknowledgem...

Agreed. It seems obvious, but looking at the justifications libertarians/liberals give for their positions, they look a lot like anarchists. Somehow t...

I read the first five pages of the article you linked and then skimmed the rest. I liked the way Hayek clarified the liberal/conservative/radical/soci...

Yes… well… hmm.

Yes. Determining what is and is not caused by what is as fraught a question as what is real. Just passing the buck.

My daughter gave me a subscription to the London Review of Books for Christmas. There is an interesting article in the April 3rd edition - "Regime Cha...

To be clearer, the judges did not actually adjudicate the asininity of that paradox. They only determined it was not a thought experiment.

It is asinine, it’s just not a thought experiment.

It’s true, he was an amazing person. A genius. That doesn’t mean he was a good person. He did a lot of damage and hurt a lot of people. Thanks.

The judges have disqualified that entry on a technicality. It has been determined it’s not actually a thought experiment, it’s a paradox.

The judges give that a 4.62, although, to be fair, the Russian judge skewed the results.

On a scale of 1 to 10, what's the most asinine philosophical thought experiment, where the trolley problem is rated as 8.43 and the Gettier problem is...

I read "The Power Broker" last year. Robert Moses had an enormous effect on the quality of life in the area where and in the period when you grew up. ...

And here you were doing so well - playing nice and all.

We are in a golden age, or at least a golden week, of political philosophy here on the forum.

A good post, although there’s a lot in it I don’t agree with. Today, in the US, the Democratic Party represents respect for democratic institutions an...

What you say is true, but the terms liberal and conservative have come to be used differently today and especially in the US. That has led to some amb...

I really love this thread, but the way the word “liberalism” is being used is really confusing sometimes. It doesn’t seem to just be confusing me, it ...

Remember when I said you have interesting things to say? I take that back.

I like this very much.

We’ve been having the same discussions for 4000 years years.

I would say rather that, at whatever age over 20, if you don’t recognize and acknowledge what John Donne said, you have no soul. “No man is an island,...

Did you ever read the “Power Broker?”

I went back and reread your post I originally reacted to negatively. Reading it again I saw you said almost exactly the same thing I did. I just jumpe...

I wasn’t trying to steal your schtick. As I said previously, I don’t intend to do that anymore. I thought you would appreciate that I remembered your ...

Yes.

By the way, the image you embedded in your post did not show up for me.

We all remember your moving decriptions of your horrifying experiences working in a Chinese restaurant as a young lad.

This kind of claim pisses me off elicits a negative reaction in me, not because I don't recognize the scope and consequences of the actions of the Bri...

This thread has taken on a strong resonance with @"Count Timothy von Icarus"’s next door.

So is Chuck Schumer.

Welcome to the forum. You should tell us about something you have been reading that you particularly like or particularly hate.

President Trump's recent executive orders: Renamed the North Sea Gulf of America II 100% tariff on Peking duck and General Tso’s Chicken Deported Chuc...

I'm not sure I have much to contribute here. I never really rebelled against my father until I was in my early twenties. And then I didn't really rebe...