Mon 20 Jul, 2009 08:00 am - [QUOTE=William;78411]Dreamer? Hmmm? I don't think we can "thrive" together, but we can learn to "live" together. Is that a dream? Let's hope not! "Rather... (view)
Mon 20 Jul, 2009 07:34 am - [QUOTE=William;77729]Hello Ares and Theages,
Ares, you picked a couple of "Doozies"; morality and value. I think most are in a "pickle" trying to figure out exactly what... (view)
Fri 17 Jul, 2009 01:07 pm - [QUOTE=Theages;77719]Questioning assumptions is the chief task of philosophy. Defensiveness is not conducive to that process.[/QUOTE]
[B]I believe you have overlooked the post where I posted all... (view)
Thu 16 Jul, 2009 01:26 pm - [QUOTE=Theages;77713]That's a very sensible thing to say. Let me remind you of something Ares said:
Ares claims that morality was created with a guiding purpose, and you and I both think... (view)
Thu 16 Jul, 2009 01:12 pm - [QUOTE=Mutian;73907]I myself have been perplexed by this question for a long time. I appreciate Kant's deontological way of thinking, meanwhile agree in part with John Stuart Mill's... (view)
Thu 16 Jul, 2009 01:09 pm - [QUOTE=richrf;77703]Hi,
I don't think you need to provide evidence to anyone. No one knows where the concept of morality emanated from. Maybe from the Universal Consciousness of Jung's.... (view)
Thu 16 Jul, 2009 01:01 pm - [QUOTE=Theages;77700]Asking for evidence is a "negation"? Calling people out on the fairy-tales they concoct is ban-worthy?[/QUOTE]
[B]Your reluctance to offer a counter argument only... (view)
Thu 16 Jul, 2009 12:33 pm - [QUOTE=Theages;77693]I don't need to make a claim for yours to be ill-founded.[/QUOTE]
[B]Boy you're a piece of work =/
My points were:
1] People created morality for the betterment of... (view)
Thu 16 Jul, 2009 12:22 pm - [QUOTE=Theages;77689]Is that an admission that you have no evidence for your claim about motivation?[/QUOTE]
[B]Well, what is you're claim?[/B] (view)
Thu 16 Jul, 2009 12:16 pm - [QUOTE=Theages;77686]The "definition" you cited is not historical evidence. I'm asking for evidence showing that morality was "originally created" (assuming that it was in... (view)
