Tue 17 Nov, 2009 10:33 am - [QUOTE=Arjuna;103838]Humans have a huge blind spot compared to a duck, which can see almost all the way around. But I don't guess ducks have depth perception.
Maybe technology interferes... (view)
Thu 5 Nov, 2009 09:52 am - [QUOTE=prothero;101942]I might point out that mechanistic determinism as a worldview deprives man of his freedom and the world of true meaning every bit as much as the notion of divine... (view)
Mon 2 Nov, 2009 10:01 am - [QUOTE=josh0335;99821]I don't agree with the proposition that if you are made to forget about loved ones in hell or not care that you are not the same person. We forget things all the time.... (view)
Thu 17 Sep, 2009 08:54 am - [QUOTE=Didymos Thomas;90739]As I recall, Zen developed after Taoism - as a sort of Buddhism inspired by Taoist thought.
And isn't Tao usually translated as "path" or... (view)
Mon 31 Aug, 2009 09:37 am - [QUOTE=hue-man;86800]I never said that morality can be objectively verified as a thing in itself. My description is neither true or false because it's not a proposition. That description is my... (view)
Sat 29 Aug, 2009 03:23 pm - [QUOTE=hue-man;86670]I would describe morality as being the concept of right and wrong action according to its utility[U] for individual and collective well being, and cooperation between members... (view)
Sat 29 Aug, 2009 12:15 pm - [QUOTE=hue-man;86624]So you're an immoralist, huh?[/QUOTE]
It doesn't seem like they are. They would be if they possessed morals that indicated that such things were wrong.
Maybe... (view)
Thu 27 Aug, 2009 09:44 am - I wouldn't exatly say that the "American" dream is all smoke and mirrors. If anything, the Great Gastby makes a valid argument in pointing out that the "American" dream... (view)
