Wed 7 May, 2008 01:10 pm - [quote=Justin]The above statement is absurd and definitely not in line with the mission statement of this forum.
My suggestion to you is that you find another forum more suitable for this way of... (view)
Wed 7 May, 2008 01:03 pm - [quote=Justin]Who says a man doesn't benefit from being moral and ethical? One would probably have to practice moral and ethics to know the benefits of such.[/quote]
Are you saying that all... (view)
Wed 7 May, 2008 12:59 pm - [quote=Arjen]How do you think one can act so that freedom can be preserved Pessimist?[/quote]
Chaos and aimless relativity.
( Where anything goes.)
Those are the things I hold in great regard... (view)
Wed 7 May, 2008 12:51 pm - [quote=Aristoddler]To be true to his own ideals, and therefore to himself.
Because prison food tastes horrible, I guess.
other than that, my only guess would be that it's out of respect... (view)
Wed 7 May, 2008 12:50 pm - [quote=GoshisDead]All social animals have this little evolutionary quirk, where if someone threatens the order of things they are banished or killed.[/quote]
What specific order of things are you... (view)
Wed 7 May, 2008 12:46 pm - Ethics and morality both seem to have a incomprehensible rejection of acknowledging hypocrisy so much that no philosopher on moral ethics has ever shed light on the subject.
Why is this the... (view)
Tue 6 May, 2008 01:57 pm - If a man does not benefit from being moral and ethical, why should he be moral or ethical?
If a man has more benefit being violent and ruthless why shouldn't he act in that way? (view)
Tue 6 May, 2008 01:43 pm - [quote=Didymos Thomas]This is no paradox - Again, you missed the point. Altruism isn't the notion that people [I]are[/I] selfless, it's that people should be selfless as selfishness... (view)
Tue 6 May, 2008 01:41 pm - [quote=Arjen]Well, you said you did not find Rousseau realistic in the sense that equal opportunity exists according to him (if I understood correctly). So, do you think political... (view)
Tue 6 May, 2008 12:54 pm - [quote=Justin][SIZE=85][B]Well Said Wizzy! - whoot whoot![/B][/SIZE]
Why would they. Like seeks out like and misery loves company.
I'm not sure how old you are but it's not rocket... (view)