Rather, it's a matter of moral intuition first and then may be a matter of opinion or rationalization. For example, it would be a typical human intuit...
Never had it in my system. At the factory we would paint copies, 10 to 20 copies at a time, from an original, and I never submitted an original design...
Not sure that I get the difference here between a salesperson who sells products that harm buyers and a salesperson who cheats buyers. In both cases t...
Some people want things that are clearly not good for them, such as cigarettes, junk foods, drugs, etc. What moral reasoning would Rand use to praise ...
It would be easy to train them to do that. We have a few parrots and I could probably train them to do that. Do we know for sure that they were not tr...
I haven't explored the concept of 'reasoning' much and what that might be exactly, but it must have to do with the ability to form high level concepts...
I dare say that AppLeo's penchant for oversimplification is rubbing-off on you, and it ain't a good look. I read a statistic the other day that one in...
I'm now sure that we can't, assuming that AppLeo is being sincere, and that's okay. :blush: Now where did I put that copy of The Virtue of Selfishness...
I explicitly said that I wasn’t talking about religious faith necessary. It is pointless to continue. I suggest, if it interests you, to study what re...
You’ve just claimed that mysticism can’t be experiential. Do you have evidence of this or are you being intellectually lazy? There are countless examp...
Oh please, you know what a ridiculous thing this is to say. We can't verify every truth claim we encounter everyday. Mysticism can be experiential. Ap...
Mysticism isn't effective in relieving existential anxiety unless it's experienced to some degree. So being faithful to your spouse, for instance, whi...
To try and clarify things a bit, animals are generally thought to be pre-rational. As you've mentioned humans are generally thought to be rational. Cr...
If you had all the right answers then you'd know what to do in every situation, necessarily appearing to be wise. Perhaps your narcissism prevents you...
Which is another way of saying that we can make more predictions and more sophisticated predictions about the world or 'reality'. Nevertheless, other ...
You're wrong on both counts, all mammals navigate through life with the same fundamental framework. 'Knowing' something essentially means being able t...
That I can agree with. So all other species (lacking our capacity to reason) that we know of do not know reality? If this is what you actually believe...
:brow: Mysticism: belief that union with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or the spiritual apprehension of knowledge inaccessible to the ...
It's also a fact that people value things that are not normally considered "good." For example, there are thousands of nuclear weapons in the world, s...
Can you explain how they are objectively bad? Of course I generally know what you mean by saying that "death is bad" and I agree on an emotional level...
It may be accurate to say, for instance, that Christianity is the most effective cause of Christian unity. It would be quite inaccurate to say that Ch...
A debate or argument is also about attempting to persuade others... perhaps so that they may adopt your plan. It’s an odd world we live in. In many pa...
If liberty and democracy are bad ideas then we currently have the best possible leader. You would debate whether relieving human suffering is a good i...
Rather, it's what I believe are two essential qualities of what may be regarded as 'religion', which I point out in response to DiegoT's query. Counte...
The worst Black Mirror episode, by far. I think they were trying to give the feeling that the viewer was controlling the narrative but once they make ...
The metaphysics supposedly help to account for some quantum weirdness, like entanglement and how information appears to travel faster than light, on t...
I’ve never had depression but have had anxiety disorder in the past, with inexplicable panic attacks and the rest. Depression can be managed or cured,...
According to Moral Foundation Theory, I (atheist) have an unusually high reliance on the senses of care/harm and fairness/cheating, and a much lower r...
I'd suggest rephrasing the last two options to say something like: I identify as... but am anatomically a woman. I identify as... but am anatomically ...
I was thinking of something he said in a press conference the other day that demonstrates what a dull tool he is. When asked if he thought that adopti...
What I was thinking at the time was that, for example, if Trump had only received one million from his father as he claimed, rather than the 413 milli...
Defiantly, maybe not at Boarderline though. You know anyone that was there? A former student of my wife was there, and survived. The younger sister of...
No, he’s simply willing to do what others with principles and less selfish goals are not. The almost half a billion dollars he inherited from his fath...
All you’re essentially saying is that he’s good at the manipulation of his base (not the sharpest tools in the shed). The evidence indicates that the ...
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