Mon 28 Dec, 2009 04:47 am - [QUOTE=prothero;114756]
[COLOR=black][COLOR=black]I think infliction of unnecessary pain on other sentient beings and the random slaughter of other life forms is unethical and unwise.[/COLOR]... (view)
Mon 21 Dec, 2009 05:49 am - [QUOTE=memester;113194]It's all about Affinity.
When my child begs for a puppy, I might buy one.
By buying the puppy, I did not consciously agree to die.
However, as soon as I allow... (view)
Sun 20 Dec, 2009 04:19 am - [QUOTE=Quinn;112815]The same goes for me. I tolerate his choice, because it is not mine. If I could see everyone as equals with no emotion, pressure, outside forces, or anything like that... Then I... (view)
Sat 19 Dec, 2009 06:01 pm - In addition to the thread on patho-biocentrism (see a new ethics: unifying deep ecology and animal rights), I here summarize the ethics of universal love. Universal love is a feeling of solidarity... (view)
Sat 19 Dec, 2009 05:56 pm - [QUOTE=Reconstructo;112792]What are morals based on? I don't believe it's logic which deals with tautologies. Rather I think that morals are based on feelings. If you propose an ethic for... (view)
Sat 19 Dec, 2009 05:46 pm - [QUOTE=Reconstructo;112788][QUOTE=Deepeco;112783]
There are several tests: physiological reactions, behaviour, neuro-anatomy, evolutionary adaptation,... And from this we can conclude that beings... (view)
Sat 19 Dec, 2009 05:32 pm - [QUOTE=Reconstructo;112735]
Feelings aren't enough. I think we should consider our predatory roots. Our eyes are in the front. We are tool-making slayers. We don't respect human rights.... (view)
Sat 19 Dec, 2009 04:59 pm - [QUOTE=mickalos;112632]Clearly you have Kant's second formulation of the categorical imperative in mind, "act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the... (view)
Fri 18 Dec, 2009 09:39 am - [QUOTE=kennethamy;112371]But are those [I]motives [/I]for doing an action?[/QUOTE]
why not? It could be possible that the motive for my altruistic behavior is to increase sexual status, like the... (view)
Fri 18 Dec, 2009 09:23 am - [QUOTE=Zetherin;112364]Do you always contrast your conscious motives with your, supposed, unconscious motives?
For instance, say your motive in going to the grocery store was to get an icecream... (view)
