Jack Cummins

I come to the site because I want philosophical discussion and most of the people I know seem to think that is wierd. But 2020 is the year of isolatio...

I agree with you that Kant is asking about universalisation he is looking about inward aspects of morality. He says that the person committing an act ...

The two terms morals and ethics are sometimes interchangeable but I think the first one is used more to convey a personal or system of conduct. The te...

Throughout the whole thread the ambiguous use of the golden rule and categorical imperative as if they were identical has been so prominent that it ha...

You say that the categorical imperative in the instance of the choice not to have sexual relationships but not marriage would result in the end of the...

I am a bit puzzled by your line of argument You say that you are not disputing 'the knowledge of the causality of the sense-organs but of their realit...

I forgot to say about the categorical imperative in relation to stealing. If it was taken to a universal point of view it would lead to a conclusion o...

I was a bit confused by what you were saying because you wrote a lengthy paragraph which seemed to be one long sentence just broken up by commas. Howe...

If we were to follow the strict logic of Kantian logic regarding Kant's ideas about same sex marriage I think that it would be to say that it is wrong...

I have known people who have experienced hallucinations in about two senses at once but never in all five at the same time. The multisensory hallucina...

Yes, I can see your point that food is the one aspect of the world that depends on the the multiple use of all the senses and this is probably due to ...

I could not sleep and it is 3.45 am where I am so I wish you all the best and perhaps you need to explain the categorical imperative more fully if you...

I don't think this thread was ever about the categorical imperative, so I am going to withdraw from the discussion.

It does seem that you wrote this thread with a view to initiating discussion about gay marriage rather than the categorical imperative, despite your h...

It depends what you mean by moral or ideological? That is a whole debate beyond the basics of the categorical imperative.

Are you talking about the categorical imperative or just trying to find a basis from which to address social issues of every kind in a one size fits a...

I don't think that Kant made any reference to viewing the categorical imperative from a male or female point of view, although he was writing in an ag...

The whole point of the categorical imperative is considering a problem from the perspective of what would happen if everyone made this choice. Perhaps...

Well, what can I say other than Jim Morrison was into him. I am inclined to think that going by the name the person who wrote the thread is female. Pe...

Obviously Hitler was a crude example of a going beyond. But of course he had many influences, one of them was theosophy, which was about about the who...

I am interested in Nietzsche but I don't think he is very popular on this site. I started a thread on his idea of eternal recurrence a couple of days ...

At least the Buddha is not giving us a fixed rule. Perhaps each of us to find our own way and balance. This allows for us to experiment with the extre...

Yes, of course it is true that food is one aspect which which engages in all the senses. When I went to creative writing workshops, which encouraged e...

Perhaps the Buddhist middle way could be a useful way of thinking in between the extremes of hedonism or Kant. I know that your post is not a particul...

I don't want to be too archaic. How would I be seen as postmodern. Perhaps it would involve art work involving torn shreds of Kant's writings. But I d...

Bertrand Russell said, 'We have acquaintance with the data of the outer senses, and in introspection of what may be called the inner sense- thoughts, ...

I have never discussed masturbation with a priest. The main point I was making was how I disregard puritanical views.

Thanks, you are right and i hadn't noticed that the word Five was in red, so my eyesight is not as sharp as that described in the article. I have foun...

Perhaps we are left looking for a missing link like in Darwin's theory.

I think you were trying to reply to God Must Be Atheist because he was writing about Pavlov, not me. I think you must both be talking about Maslow tho...

I do believe that the use of the five senses as a whole is extremely important, which you argue, including reference to an article, which you say that...

I am sorry that my message is blurry but my mum is almost snatching my phone from me , puzzled by what I am writing . What I am trying to say, not sur...

But is this an abstract an of identity or is it the basis of the life as we know it on a daily in its most raw form,?

I believe that the sensory experience is an important part but is limited in the face of our own experience of the experience of ego, mind as an abstr...

One question I will ask before giving up this thread is whether the life we are living is the ultimate one, or is it part of a larger picture from whi...

I think that many people view science as the supreme expert on truth, forgetting that the models in physics and other sciences are models primarily. I...

I see you like Leftover Crack. I really like them and saw them live. I recommend the new album by Strike Anywhere, 'Nightmares of the West'. I have it...

I think the question you ask, 'What would you do when no one is watching?'is a good one to ask to reveal to us the depths of our individual nature bec...

Many of the great thinkers stressed the importance of seeking beyond the material world for enlightenment, or the quest for higher truth and happiness...

I agree with you that many people avoid thinking and that the way of the hero or heroine is for the few. I am not sure that this would change much eve...

I do agree, and I think that each of us has a masculine and feminine side, but primarily I am coming from a Jungian perspective and I am bisexual. ,

Yes, I am glad that you celebrate diversity in all its forms. We must uphold gender dysphoria, intersex, misplaced bodies and all the people who do no...

[reply="Book273;472855" I did not realise that the chief medical officer said that it is fine to have sex during the pandemic, as long as you wear a m...

Yes, Nietzsche's idea of eternal recurrence is interesting and I might start a thread on that in the next few days. Perhaps I am greedy for wanting mo...

I don't think that you are correct to say that there is a clear distinction between the idea between the Western idea of what goes comes around in Wes...

Yes, it is interesting to explore the philosophy of trying. You question whether you have mixed the concepts of intentions and trying. I would say tha...

Your article is interesting, but I think karma is an idea which makes sense to many intuitively, while many dismiss it because it is hard to verify. I...

I do agree with your point that education, especially one that involves education is extremely important for the development of the potential human na...

I think that you genuinely believe that the solution to suffering is to stop procreation. I can see a certain point to what you are saying in the sens...

Your reply is worrying!