RE: The Scientific Basis of Morality
November 14, 2012 at 8:23 pm
(This post was last modified: November 14, 2012 at 8:26 pm by Gooders1002.)
(November 14, 2012 at 2:52 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: Everything looked fine and dandy until 1:13
What kind of "something" are we talking about here? What are the ontological properties under consideration?
The visual they use in the video is mathematical 1 > 0.
But if 1 is something, is -1 also something?
It's explained in part 2 as he clears it up. Also the video was made in Christians and people who don't over analyze, really you need to watch the whole series.
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'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
