Sat 2 May, 2009 12:46 pm - In a way, time is the one thing that neither flows (i.e. changes [I]with respect to time[/I]) nor is static (stays[I] the same with repect to time[/I]). Matter flows, energy flows. Time is just time. (view)
Sat 2 May, 2009 12:37 pm - [quote=chad3006][SIZE=85]Why does loud stupidity seem to trump thoughtful logic?[/SIZE]
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Because it's better to be logical but it's more fun to be stupid. (view)
Sat 2 May, 2009 12:32 pm - I think the argument hinges on exactly what ways the 'no-harm' principle could be over-ridden.
And also on what you consider is 'doing' harm to an animal. Killing obviously... (view)
Sat 2 May, 2009 12:15 pm - I guess like a lot of words, they mean different things to different people - for example some take 'belief' to mean any idea or statement about the world, and for others it is a more... (view)
Sun 25 Jan, 2009 10:40 am - [quote=ACB]Certainly, the world must be what it is. But couldn't there have been a different world instead? Maybe not; I don't know.[/quote]
Is there such a thing as 'could'?... (view)
Sun 25 Jan, 2009 10:25 am - [quote=hue-man]Can immoral actions only be defined as actions that cause suffering or harm to an agent by another?[/quote]:sarcastic:
Yeah, I find that the interesting bit of ethics, and also the... (view)
Sun 25 Jan, 2009 10:12 am - [quote=Didymos Thomas]
I'm not sure why this thread is in the "Philosophy of Religion" section. At best, this is a question of pure history. [/quote]
Yes, but it is a specific issue... (view)
Mon 19 Jan, 2009 03:48 pm - I was just wondering, has anyone changed their philosophical position on anything as a result of participating in this forum? (view)
Mon 19 Jan, 2009 01:58 pm - Thankyou for this thread. I thought it would be a simple matter of physics, but it made me realise that physics defines the units of quantities pretty precisely e.g.
[COLOR=#006633]The second is... (view)
