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I hear ya bro. Most folks try to make the "best" choice, but those who have a significant fear of the "worst" outcome from making choices (typically m...

I don't disagree. But in my experience, sympathy is essentially an intellectual response generated when one determines that someone is in distress. Th...

An excellent topic, one that I have spent a moderately significant amount of time addressing historically. I agree with your summary of the standard d...

Well, in my experience the issue in (real or concocted) Philosophically problematic situations aren't violations of pre-set rules directly, rather sit...

I too dislike "analytic and synthetic". I also agree that attempting to find a static set of rules that will apply correctly in all Real World situati...

Google "how out of date are dictionaries?"

Well, what was said in reference to post surgical trans women, was: "A man with his penis removed does not have a vagina".

Interesting. So noting you have little understanding of a surgical procedure is now an "insult". Okay, I guess I apologize for "insulting" you. While ...

Well yes and mostly no. True a minority of trans women have "bottom surgery", but of those who do, which was the subject matter being discussed, almos...

We are in complete agreement on your bolded statement. In fact that's my point. Your declaration of what "most" trans women look like inspires no conf...

Your argument makes no sense. Who is likely to disrupt a women's exclusive place more, a person with breasts and a vagina who happens to be XY or a sh...

Well in my experience, outside of online pontificating, everyone I know uses external genital appearance as the final practical arbiter of an individu...

I don't disagree. I guess I took your comment on: "There is the social aspect of competing in leagues with darts snooker etc. access to facilities etc...

So you're unfamiliar with the height and muscle development advantage in sports that male-to-female transexuals possess? Okay, then let me introduce t...

I was responding to the physical prowess argument, so your reply misses my point. Though as I said before, on the "exclusive space" topic, IMO if some...

I don't disagree in strength and speed sports. Billiards, darts and poker, not so much. As to exclusive places, if someone has had surgery, IMO they'r...

I don't disagree with the idea that genetic, genital, hormonal and gonadal sex are 1) almost always in agreement and 2) have definite medical importan...

To illustrate how times have changed, in med school we were advised that if we delivered a baby with ambiguous genitalia, to announce to the parents t...

Good for you. Retired Ob/GYN here.

Uummm... yes we do. What do you think happens at delivery? "congratulations you had a baby, we'll get back to you when the labs get back on whether it...

You seem to be (overly?) focusing on the <1% issue of genetic anomalies, which you're free to do, but it has essentially nothing to do with my point t...

Yup, it's personal. That is your insistance on using karyotype to determine biological sex. As it happens medical personnel (unlike your personal defi...

What I meant by not uncommon, but far from universal is that most folks define "biological sex" on genital appearance, not karyotype (as frank apparan...

The fact that "good" is subjective is well addressed. "Good" for whom? is an even larger question that demands an answer before "ought" can be brought...

Trying to equate legality with morality is a fool's errand. Even a superficial observation of the capriciousness of the legal world will reveal the di...

Basically in your personal lexicon "biological sex" is identical to karyotypic sex. That's not uncommon and perfectly fine, yet is not universal, far ...

The Hotel Manager refutation hinges on gods being omnipotent. But there is no evidence that if there are gods, that they are necessarily omnipotent. I...

The idea that a particular human activity (in this case speech) would be devoid of "consequence", is somewhere between absurd and naive in the extreme...

"ok"? That's just a reference to a social convention, not an inherent attribute of babies (or pigs). Thus being subjective the answer is variable depe...

While I know what you're referring to, and they are, in fact Conservative, in my opinion their conservatism isn't the reason for their whining. Rather...

Yes, I understand an individual (myself, for example) choosing not to engage with a racist or even a "racialist" in mixed company (because "something ...

There are different legitimate (in my opinion) reasons for not entering into discussion with an individual. The first would be what you have described...

Forget eternal damnation, I'm not seeing the logic in gods punishing humans at all.

Yes, that's the main logical inconsistency with monotheism, just as omnipotence is the problem with polytheism.

To me the OP is a bit of a false conundrum. The idea of formally codifying the principles and issues involved in (an individual) making moral choices ...

Feel free to comment on the mundane.

Not a bad summary... of the very lowest hanging fruit. What of the high schooler who kills himself because his girlfriend drops him?

A thoughtful and reasonable take on a difficult topic. I agree that folks are free to make the best decision for their particular circumstances. I als...

Could you go into more detail on your reference?

I'm not an expert in Muslim thought, but I'm guessing you're correct.

Well it's not the fault of the mugging victim who walks through a dangerous part of town at 3 in the morning, yet simultaneously it is a reckless thin...

Well the burner is definitely seeking to offend and provoke a reaction. Sometimes you receive more than you're prepared for.

Substitue American flag for Quran and Arkansas for London and post back.

There are two ways, both impractical to (currently) impossible. First one could predict with 100% accuracy, outcomes from detailed knowledge of the br...

Good luck getting surgery from a supercomputer.

Listening for the flat earthers declaring where the edge of the flat surface is located, yet hearing silence.

In my experience, those who are interested in Philosophy are not identical in personality type to those drawn to ethics (and perhaps morality).

That's "easy". When there is more overall benefit (to society, in my way of thinking), than there is harm to society. One could, of course, concoct an...

In the context of inner VS outer war, to my mind diplomacy (as opposed to war) is merely a non violent war, not an alternative to war. Say, the Cold W...

Not avoiding the OP. The OP makes the error of implying that death is something that individuals can opt for or against. Everyone knows death is inevi...