Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 77
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 55,371
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 41
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,964
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 6,427
Re: Of Climate Models and Hurricane Predictions
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The hurricane thing is dumb. Just because I can't predict whether it'll rain over your house next Tuesday doesn't mean I can't predict the effects of increasing water vapor concentration...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,772
Re: \"Atheism for kids\"
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Well the faithful may have a point here, if not a weak one as usual. Is the objection here that youngsters might be...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
12-01-2007, 12:58 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,562
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 55,371
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
12-01-2007, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,964
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 55,371
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 55,371
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 55,371
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Forum: Politics
12-01-2007, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 103
Views: 8,866
Re: Could We Have Won Vietnam?
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McCain:
"Congressmen, we never lost a battle in Vietnam. It was American public opinion that forced us to lose that...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 107
Views: 6,167
Re: Argh property rights debate
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If you can't see the difference between my acting based on my subjective value system (and acknowledging my action is based on preference) and my acting...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 18
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Re: Thread for Kaj on topic of human values
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OK so your principle is basically the golden rule isn't it? As opposed to either acting to the benefit of total selfish interest or for one's tribe perhaps. Is that...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 18
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Re: Thread for Kaj on topic of human values
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OK so your principle is basically the golden rule isn't it? As opposed to either acting to the benefit of total selfish interest or for one's tribe perhaps. Is that a correct...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,456
Re: Thread for Kaj on topic of human values
This thread is wholly unnecessary as I explicitly defined my principle several times already.
My principle is that I try to act in a way that I'd like society as a whole to act.
The fact that...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 107
Views: 6,167
Re: Argh property rights debate
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pvn is the one using reason here Kaj. Reason leads one to some consistent set of first principles from which one derives further principles that determines the rightness/wrongness of...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 107
Views: 6,167
Re: Argh property rights debate
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If you can't see the difference between my acting based on my subjective value system (and acknowledging my action is based on preference) and my acting because I believe I have...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 107
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Re: Argh property rights debate
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You're not getting the point of my question. What makes one of these a case where you're willing to use force and the other not one?
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I said already: my own values. What...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 107
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Re: Argh property rights debate
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Because you just "really don't like" child abuse?
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Ummmmm, Yes. Again, what aren't you understanding here? Do you think I need a "natural right"...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 107
Views: 6,167
Re: Argh property rights debate
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The easiest example to refute being that I can force my neighbor to stop abusing his kid. This does not imply that I believe I have a right to do it, it is just my own value...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 107
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Re: Argh property rights debate
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The distinction is important, because if someone says they don't believe in property "rights" but will act to stop someone from taking their property then that's...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 107
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Re: Argh property rights debate
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The distinction is important, because if someone says they don't believe in property "rights" but will act to stop someone from taking their property then that's contradictory. If you...
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Forum: Politics
11-30-2007, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 107
Views: 6,167
Re: Argh property rights debate
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The post I replied to (from goodsamaritan IIRC) suggested that rights didn't matter, he had $100, no longer has it, and wants it back.
If getting it back is the important thing, and...
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