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The Rice Paper World
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Ethical diets can be very complicating. The way things are going, most of us eat what we can afford to buy or go hungry and some of us do that anyway. While it might be ethical to experience some hung... |
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Religion & HumanityIntelligence and value
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if i understand what your saying, i agree with you. ethical values do not need a religous standpoint to come from. most ethical values are just the logical basic rules needed for humaqns to peacefully... |
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Ethics & MoralityWhy didn't traditional Marxist theory focus on ethical values?
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I have been reading this book and the author states that Marx did not care about ethical values, but the author does not really explain why. Does anybody here know? |
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The Rice Paper World
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For 9 years I was a vegetarian, for 5 of those years I was a vegan, and near the end for about 3 or 4 months all I ate was fruit, nuts and beans...
The reason I went so far as to only eat things that... |
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Intelligence, Memory & BrainComplete Memory Erasure Justifiable?
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Can you imagine a situation were memory erasure was completely justified?
I came across this question recently and it really struck me for some reason - I want to know what others think about it.... |
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Vegetarianism
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Always a contreversial topic,
My answer is eat more meat; especially that which is very rare.
Eat more meat; there will be more business; more farms; more animals breeding. Want to save some rar... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
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"no man is an island thing."
How do you know this?
"Can an ethical statement be 'true'? Is it simply 'true' that 'thou shalt not kill' in the same way that 'the speed of light is... |
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GamesWord Association 2
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JUST A THOUGHT
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I'm glad you're around giving me argument fodder because I'm outta school for Thanksgiving break and I have a lot of time to kill. What better way to kill it than by arguing philosophy?... |
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Human Nature & EmotionCould one live their philosophy?
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Hey thx, you are the most right on I have seen in a long time. whats up with you .. where you atl ??
Here's me... philosopy not your belief or your law to live. it is a basis for developing yo... |
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Life & DeathWhat does our existence in life mean?
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Just came on this forum and thread. My take on the exsistance of life, and the reason the humans are so bent on destruction is that we are the only creatures who are capable of creating intelligable l... |
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God in ReligionQuestioning his Behaviour
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If hypothetically you believed they did nothing wrong then from your perspective your beliefs would be right. But from my perspective you would be wrong.
Moral significance basically means somethi... |
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What's wrong with the world? How do we change
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We can focus on greed, stupidity, laziness, irresponsiblity, selfishness OR we can give our attention to creativity, constructive solutions, optimistic attitudes, and a gradual evolution toward a harm... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
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An open question:
Can an ethical statement be 'true'? Is it simply 'true' that 'thou shalt not kill' in the same way that 'the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second' is true?
I believe no... |
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Ethics & MoralityWhy didn't traditional Marxist theory focus on ethical values?
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The simple answer would be that within Marxist theory economic conditions determine ethical values, hence the focus of Marxist theory was on economics.
With that said, Marxism is all about the repe... |
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Human Nature & EmotionCould one live their philosophy?
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LittleJohn, I agree that :
It is a basis for developing your ethical system.
That is the best explanation of the what and the why of philosophical inquisition I have read.
I will ignore your com... |
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What is gender?
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social and ethical roles each culture gives when differentiating between the two genders
But those roles are limiting, why do we need to assign roles to gender? Aside from reproductive actions are... |
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Human Nature & EmotionEmotion and Philosophy
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It depends on what you are contemplating.
How things affect us emotionally is important. Moral and ethical arguments are subjective for the most part and are very emotionally driven. There are even... |
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People hate vegetarians
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ok then. how do we solve this problem of being kind to the food we eat? if we let animals die of natural causes before they are consumed, rather than killing them, well there simply would not be enoug... |
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SocietyPETA's Actions Ethical?
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If a person with good intentions does something evil, is it ok? ( I used the generic terms of good and evil.)
PETA (animal rights non-profit) spies on laboratories to undercover illegal acts of cru... |
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Ethics & MoralityThe moral hand, a complete and coherent ethical theory
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That is a very good and logical argument but I doubt it would make anybody vegan because a human urge to eat lamb chops usually trumps a non-existent human urge to be logical and moral. As usual with... |
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JUST A THOUGHT
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There is plenty of food and product that is not refuse at the time of tossing, that is a serious overgeneralization.
What about building things to break, it makes perfect sense for the retailer, a... |
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Alternative BeliefsGod = The Universe
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The aim of science is not to dispel faith. Science simply attempts to describe what is. It draws no moral or ethical conclusions; nor does it speculate a philosophical why.
How did the universe beg... |
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Religion & HumanityPoints on Religion
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not from an ancient book. The awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one's conduct together with the urge to prefer right over wrong is found naturally and socially. I was taught christianity... |
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