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Thread: Ethics
Post: RE: Ethics
| (March 1, 2022 at 5:22 am)The L Wrote: Do you have an ethical system? And, if so, what is it?
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for those who are unaware, there are three main branches of normative ethics.
(1) Consequentialism... |
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March 1, 2022 at 8:56 am |
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Thread: WLC: "You can't prove the negative"
Post: RE: WLC: "You can't prove the negative"
| (February 16, 2022 at 7:18 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: ...
"We can prove there are no living T-Rexes"
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Well, I'm no expert but... Nessie.
[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzOv14fA-BI] |
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February 17, 2022 at 5:22 am |
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Thread: Metaethics Part 1: Cognitivism/Non-cognitivism
Post: RE: Metaethics Part 1: Cognitivism/Non-cognitivism
| (February 10, 2022 at 9:04 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: ...
Quote:cognitivism, In metaethics, the thesis that the function of moral sentences (e.g., sentences in which moral terms such as “right,” “wron... |
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February 11, 2022 at 7:13 am |
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Thread: God, Santa, and The Tooth Fairy
Post: RE: God, Santa, and The Tooth Fairy
| (December 10, 2021 at 9:01 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: ...
Thank you DLJ, that makes sense and is a 'keep it simple stupid' explanation that I can latch onto.
btw - this is anjele from TTA.
Hope you a... |
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December 10, 2021 at 9:47 pm |
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Thread: God, Santa, and The Tooth Fairy
Post: RE: God, Santa, and The Tooth Fairy
| (December 6, 2021 at 10:41 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: I can understand a conception of god that inherently disqualifies god from the category of ‘magical, imaginary things,’ i.e. the tooth fairy, Santa ... |
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December 10, 2021 at 8:57 pm |
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Thread: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
Post: RE: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
| @Alan V
I'm ok with that piece.
To be picky ... data processing doesn't require a brain per se. But yeah, it helps. Maybe information processing does but that depends on definitions. |
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November 7, 2021 at 6:00 am |
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Thread: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
Post: RE: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
| (November 6, 2021 at 7:29 am)Alan V Wrote: ...
Back in September, I marked one post in the Consciousness discussion at the Atheist Discussion forum for your notice:
https://atheistdiscussion.org/fo... |
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November 6, 2021 at 8:35 am |
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Thread: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
Post: RE: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
| @vulcanlogician
See? This ^^^ is what happens without the moral vs ethical distinction. :D
@Alan V
Hi there. Good to see you again. Have you resolved your 'consciousness' yet? ;) |
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November 5, 2021 at 7:22 pm |
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Thread: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
Post: RE: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
| (November 4, 2021 at 12:05 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: (October 17, 2021 at 6:11 am)DLJ Wrote: But what are the principles? What is "doing the right thing?"...
"Kobe Bryant is good at basketball." ... |
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November 4, 2021 at 4:15 am |
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Thread: Thomism: Then & Now
Post: RE: Thomism: Then & Now
| (October 20, 2021 at 9:14 am)Belacqua Wrote: ...
I don't think the essence of anything can be boiled down in this way, to something showable or transmittable.
How about to something receivable?
Ar... |
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October 20, 2021 at 10:58 am |
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Thread: Thomism: Then & Now
Post: RE: Thomism: Then & Now
| (October 20, 2021 at 7:24 am)Belacqua Wrote: ...
At the moment, I think you're talking about a description of the essence, but not the essence itself.
For example, it is a part of Socrates' essence... |
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October 20, 2021 at 8:46 am |
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Thread: Thomism: Then & Now
Post: RE: Thomism: Then & Now
| (October 20, 2021 at 4:59 am)Belacqua Wrote: (October 20, 2021 at 4:50 am)DLJ Wrote: Neither the platypus nor the component parts of the platypus have essence. The essence (properties) are in the... |
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October 20, 2021 at 6:06 am |
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Thread: Thomism: Then & Now
Post: RE: Thomism: Then & Now
| (October 20, 2021 at 4:04 am)Belacqua Wrote: ...
Sorry, apparently my question wasn't clear.
I'm wondering what it is that makes you say an essence isn't in the thing, but only in the reader.
Whe... |
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October 20, 2021 at 4:50 am |
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Thread: Thomism: Then & Now
Post: RE: Thomism: Then & Now
| (October 19, 2021 at 6:32 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (October 19, 2021 at 5:30 pm)DLJ Wrote: the essence is not in the thing, it's in the reading/reader of the thing.
What argument do you use to demonstra... |
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October 19, 2021 at 10:21 pm |
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Thread: Thomism: Then & Now
Post: RE: Thomism: Then & Now
| (October 19, 2021 at 8:40 am)Belacqua Wrote: The summary in the video is so bare-bones that I think anyone would be left with questions. The argument is basically that a thing's essence and its exis... |
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October 19, 2021 at 5:30 pm |
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Thread: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
Post: RE: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
| Dang! I can't edit it. I'm seeing loads of typos now I re-read it. Sorry.
Anyway, yes, please take your time, it will take me a while to write up the ideas behind the next bit: the moral-compass ... |
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October 17, 2021 at 10:28 am |
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Thread: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
Post: RE: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
| (October 15, 2021 at 5:58 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: ...
You are talking about the process in which mores and norms (including ethical norms) are impressed upon the individual.
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Yes. And since it... |
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October 17, 2021 at 6:11 am |
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Thread: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
Post: RE: Can we trust our Moral Intuitions?
| @vulcanlogician
Thanks for the feedback. Very much appreciated.
I haven't watched all of Stich's lectures so I don't know if he attempts to move beyond the descriptive. But I will.
To do so, I n... |
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October 15, 2021 at 9:20 am |
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Thread: Thomism: Then & Now
Post: RE: Thomism: Then & Now
| (October 13, 2021 at 12:43 am)Belacqua Wrote: ...
So for example, the existence of the sun depends on the existence of Hydrogen atoms. You can see this because if the sun stopped existing, this woul... |
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October 14, 2021 at 5:16 pm |
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Thread: Determinism vs Education
Post: RE: Determinism vs Education
| (October 14, 2021 at 1:25 am)Foxaire Wrote: ...
for theists believe contrary to the logic of determinism that everyone has a choice in the matter of believing in god's existence.
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Not necessari... |
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