Sun 27 Feb, 2011 06:16 am - [quote="farmerman"]
[quote] I'm not a vegetarian, by the way, just playing devil's advocate. [/quote] Im sure you can do better by giving the... (view)
Sun 27 Feb, 2011 06:05 am - [quote="farmerman"]
Respoect of animals lives is selective in y mind, as is the value of certain animals as nourishment for humans and other animals.
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Respect for humans is... (view)
Sun 27 Feb, 2011 05:51 am - [quote="ragnel"]
[quote]So, do you think meat eating is ethical?[/quote]
Yes, I think meat eating is ethical.
To deny that would be to deny what I am.
I have binocular vision,... (view)
Fri 25 Feb, 2011 03:22 am - [quote="joefromchicago"]
You're obviously taking your "options" far more seriously than I am. I can't see why your option 2 isn't simply subsumed under your... (view)
Thu 24 Feb, 2011 11:53 am - [quote=buffalobill90]
To explain the above, objective empirical truth is determined by appeal to truths which are independent of subjectivity (they are not truths about people's minds) and... (view)
Thu 24 Feb, 2011 11:35 am - [quote="joefromchicago"]
If you're saying that different people at different times act according to different standards of morality, then that's unquestionably true. It's... (view)
Thu 24 Feb, 2011 04:10 am - [quote=joefromchicago]To be clear, I said that, not Finn. He only wishes he had said that.[/quote]
Sorry, I'm still working out the kinks.
[quote="joefromchicago"]
First of... (view)
Wed 23 Feb, 2011 10:15 am - [quote=Finn dAbuzz]Actually, moral relativism cannot be reconciled with its own inherent contradictions, let alone with "social imperatives."[/quote]
If you are referring to the... (view)
Mon 21 Feb, 2011 01:13 pm - [quote="G H"]
Consciousness: The brain activity which is privately manifested in contrast to unconscious brain activity. The former has internal presence as feelings, phenomena slash... (view)
Mon 8 Mar, 2010 06:43 pm - [QUOTE=Twirlip;134141]It looks as if what we are doing here is a kind of psychoanalysis, in which we are trying to get clear about (1) what it means for a mental process to be "conscious"... (view)
