Thu 12 May, 2011 07:44 am - [quote="Jahangir"]
Does Kant say that everything, EVERY imaginable human act can be categorized as either good or bad? For example, the act of turning the lights on when its gets dark.... (view)
Thu 12 May, 2011 07:41 am - If you've ever been curious as to why people don't think Kant was a Deontologist, now's your perfect opportunity to ask a person who doesn't think Kant was a Deontologist any... (view)
Fri 22 Oct, 2010 03:57 pm - If one defines love as the desire for the well being of an other, then if you desire well being for that person then love them. Gradations of love come into play based on how strong the desire is. (view)
Sat 18 Sep, 2010 06:41 pm - I'm not trying to address systems of ethics that derive decisions from value judgments and only claim to be binding on those individuals. Those make more than enough sense to me, and are... (view)
Sat 18 Sep, 2010 06:25 pm - [quote]On the face of it, I don't see why we should consider it objective to say "it is wrong for anyone to kill people for no reason", but subjective to say "it is wrong for... (view)
Sat 18 Sep, 2010 10:52 am - [quote]there's a difference between an ethicist saying "I value ice cream, therefore it's ethical for people to eat it", and his saying "people value ice cream, therefore... (view)
Fri 17 Sep, 2010 10:33 pm - That sounds a lot like a subjective system of ethics, and value judgments make sense as being foundational to those. That is not what I started this thread about. I'm not saying this is a... (view)
Mon 13 Sep, 2010 04:20 pm - [quote]we can also say that "happiness is good" because we know, from observation, that everyone seems to desire happiness.[/quote]
The burden of proof for an objective system of... (view)
