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Exactly. "Meaning" like "beauty" only makes sense in the context of an observer to grant an entity that quality. Thus there is no inherent meaning (no...

I completely agree with you.

Science and religion do not conflict any more than science and art conflict. Science deals with the physical, religion deals with the metaphysical and...

I suppose, since we do not possess technology to observe and record emotional responses.

It depends on whether the reality being sought is the objective reality of physical objects or the subjective reality "experienced" within the mind of...

I get the concept you're trying to communicate, but the wording you're using makes it potentially confusing at best and inaccurate at worst. Namely, I...

Well I too am in agreement with improvement in childrearing, though I look at how to get there a little differently. In my experience, prospective par...

I don't really have a dog in this fight. I'm perfectly happy with the legal status of drugs where I live.

Prohibition is merely the most extreme example of regulation.

Are you okay with the pilot of your plane or your surgeon taking recreational drugs at work? Assuming you are not, then you agree with society (throug...

Yes, that has been a popular "argument" since antiquity: "I don't understand physically how this or that came to be, must have been a metaphysical ent...

The majority believe so, yes.

The concept of relative risk is poorly appreciated by the lay public. As if there is a risk-free option.

Well according to some interpretations of Hume, it no longer exists, until it can be observed by a human to given it existance.

Commenting on the "meaning" of life without describing from whose perspective the meaning would be given is only a half asked question. In other words...

Usually "hidden meanings" are like cloud animals, they're created from the mind of the viewer not the producer.

Exactly. The common understanding (in cases when there is one) typically has at least experiential if not evidentiary data to back it up. Proposing an...

Which would work in the pre-industrial era. But society benefits from large public works projects that small groups of families or even neighborhoods ...

Cute. Even if your name wasn't Bob, I'd know you were a guy. Ear infection, eh? If you want an analogy, let's give an analogy. Let's say if you jump i...

So to be clear, when just hooking up (specifically NOT seeking to have a child) thus using Birth Control, you do or don't bother aligning morals befor...

Or folks who care about such things tend to live in certain areas and not in others.

I understand, but what about someone you had no intention of having children with? Someone with whom you were using Birth Control with, just for hooki...

Happy to be in one of the darkest counties in my state. Though it's more important to personally make life choices geared towards longevity than where...

Part of the problem with criticizing "government" without providing an alternative is it leaves one open to the assumption that one trusts corporation...

Well son, historically the British and Italians colonized what is now Somalia, so have to take the lion's share of the blame. As to it's modern histor...

Ha ha. First, Somalia isn't merely "worse than us", it's total chaos. Why? Specifically because of a lack of government. As to working perfectly, that...

Curious that you never considered the single most common type of sexual encounter between heterosexual partners (consensual while using BC). As to you...

Hey if you don't like government, check out Somalia. Let us know what you think about it.

Oh not much except for food that's safer to eat, a top notch education system, medications that have research to show they work, clean drinking water,...

Yeah the 'ol won't/can't answer questions, so throw out random ones of your own. I have to admit I used to do stuff like that a long time ago. As to y...

The ridiculous thing is folks posting such nonsense using the internet, when the internet would never have existed due to a lack of research funding i...

Speaking of getting your money's worth, just out of curiosity, do you feel better about purchasing your auto insurance if your car gets totalled or if...

This is a perfect case of "either can be reasonable". Supporting your long term employment prospects is a reasonable goal. Providing for one's family ...

I guess you'd use a fee for service model. So have you "used" the Department of Defense's "services"? Do you pay for the Fire Department's equipment b...

So is having sex while using Birth Control "an action that is reasonably anticipated to bring a new life into the world"? Most lay persons would say "...

On the specific topic of the definition of Free Will, IMO folks get too hung up on "Free". You hear again and again "free from what?" Others propose t...

Uummm... no, as you correctly pointed out, a possible system is a random one. Therefore one option is 100% determined and 0% will or choice ("Free" be...

Still waiting to hear about the details on the acquisition of "nonstolen" money...

Several things: First, everyone agrees that when speaking of simple physical systems, like billiard balls, that their behavior is governed by (determi...

Having folks who have the resources to compensate for the fallout from climate change be the policymakers on cimate change is the height of folly.

Ah yes, another "something for nothing" dreamer.

Huh? Free Will deals specifically in the realm of animal decision making, not the behavior of billiard balls.

Can't wait to hear proposals on how government services should be paid for.

Well, Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer by training.

Well, the Donald is within three years of Biden, so his playing the age card reveals his assumption of the level of sophistication of his voter block.

I don't disagree with your bolded statement as written, I would just add: matters to whom? Sounds like you're supposing the government, I'm siding wit...

Which is likely of interest in the Legality Forum, here in the Philosophy Forum the adult woman had autonomy over her body and thus could consent to m...

True, it is easier to define what Determinism is and just say, Free Will is not that. To me, Determinism is believing that antecedent state A leads ea...

Not a puzzle. A woman's bodily autonomy does not transfer to a murderer. Just as a person headed up the stairs to throw themselves off of the roof and...

"Touching" in common use (as in this thread) does not mean occupying the identical space, it means exerting pressure on another object.