(January 13, 2017 at 11:01 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Secondly, the quality of any debate depends on both parties accepting a reasonable amount of common ground. Bennyboy bends very strongly towards idealism. (Yes?) I could see us stuck debating the ontological status of reality itself rather than focusing on ethics. Both parties would need to acknowledge some degree of objectivity from the start.Well, I think you'll have to lay out your question and your terms clearly first, and then see if anyone's willing to step onto the battlefield.
I'm not really an idealist, tbh. However, as an agnostic, I don't really relate to a material monist world view either.