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Morality
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RE: Morality
Thanks for the reply.
BF Skinner's totalitarian behaviorism, is actually one of the reasons I started this thread.
If morals are merely relative, than this Orwellian 1984 kinda thought seems like the only way, to bring peace and order..?

"The gap between the ideal and the real person is the cause of most evil in the world on both an individual and group level. As Feuerbach puts it, God is man alienated from himself."
This kind of thought concerns me... without ideals, morality can only mean "doing whater you want"??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZLVi4v7lSM
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Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 10:11 pm
RE: Morality - by wwjs - June 12, 2013 at 10:34 pm
RE: Morality - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 10:34 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 10:42 pm
RE: Morality - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 10:48 pm
RE: Morality - by wwjs - June 12, 2013 at 10:52 pm
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 12, 2013 at 10:59 pm
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 12, 2013 at 11:27 pm
RE: Morality - by rexbeccarox - June 12, 2013 at 10:48 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 10:56 pm
RE: Morality - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 10:57 pm
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 12, 2013 at 11:07 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:01 pm
RE: Morality - by wwjs - June 12, 2013 at 11:05 pm
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 12, 2013 at 11:40 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:06 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:10 pm
RE: Morality - by Baalzebutt - June 12, 2013 at 11:28 pm
RE: Morality - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 11:13 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:21 pm
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 12, 2013 at 11:35 pm
RE: Morality - by catfish - June 12, 2013 at 11:25 pm
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 12, 2013 at 11:35 pm
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 12, 2013 at 11:41 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:44 pm
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 12, 2013 at 11:49 pm
RE: Morality - by Baalzebutt - June 12, 2013 at 11:52 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:51 pm
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 13, 2013 at 12:34 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 12, 2013 at 11:57 pm
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 13, 2013 at 12:03 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 12:24 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 12:04 am
RE: Morality - by Baalzebutt - June 13, 2013 at 12:10 am
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 13, 2013 at 12:16 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 12:23 am
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 13, 2013 at 12:26 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 12:32 am
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 13, 2013 at 12:47 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 12:42 am
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 13, 2013 at 1:18 am
RE: Morality - by whatever76 - June 13, 2013 at 12:47 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 12:56 am
RE: Morality - by whatever76 - June 13, 2013 at 2:27 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 1:21 am
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 13, 2013 at 3:06 am
Re: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 1:30 am
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 13, 2013 at 3:10 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 2:39 am
RE: Morality - by Gilgamesh - June 13, 2013 at 2:47 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 3:00 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 2:58 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 3:09 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 3:24 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 3:13 am
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 13, 2013 at 3:31 am
RE: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 13, 2013 at 3:26 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 13, 2013 at 3:41 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 13, 2013 at 4:10 am
RE: Morality - by Rahul - June 13, 2013 at 9:09 am
RE: Morality - by littleendian - June 13, 2013 at 6:03 am
RE: Morality - by Silver - June 13, 2013 at 6:08 am
RE: Morality - by littleendian - June 13, 2013 at 6:13 am
RE: Morality - by paulpablo - June 13, 2013 at 8:36 am
RE: Morality - by Fidel_Castronaut - June 13, 2013 at 8:58 am
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - June 13, 2013 at 9:50 am
RE: Morality - by Doubting Thomas - June 13, 2013 at 11:21 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 3:20 am
RE: Morality - by rexbeccarox - June 14, 2013 at 5:17 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 6:11 am
RE: Morality - by paulpablo - June 14, 2013 at 6:28 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 6:48 am
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 14, 2013 at 7:00 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 14, 2013 at 6:59 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 7:16 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 14, 2013 at 10:16 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 10:54 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 14, 2013 at 11:34 am
RE: Morality - by Savannahw - June 14, 2013 at 11:46 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 14, 2013 at 9:46 pm
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 14, 2013 at 10:49 pm
RE: Morality - by paulpablo - June 15, 2013 at 12:17 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 15, 2013 at 1:04 am
RE: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 15, 2013 at 2:42 am
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 15, 2013 at 3:10 am
RE: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 15, 2013 at 2:30 am
RE: Morality - by Cato - June 15, 2013 at 2:34 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 15, 2013 at 3:23 am
RE: Morality - by crud - June 15, 2013 at 3:02 am
RE: Morality - by Whateverist - June 15, 2013 at 9:39 am
RE: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 15, 2013 at 5:12 am
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 15, 2013 at 2:12 pm
RE: Morality - by fr0d0 - June 15, 2013 at 3:57 pm
RE: Morality - by max-greece - June 15, 2013 at 4:45 pm
RE: Morality - by crud - June 15, 2013 at 6:25 am
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - June 15, 2013 at 10:17 am
RE: Morality - by purplepurpose - June 15, 2013 at 12:13 pm
RE: Morality - by Angrboda - June 15, 2013 at 12:53 pm
RE: Morality - by genkaus - July 4, 2013 at 12:27 am

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