Wed 27 Aug, 2008 10:36 pm - Arjen,
It's unfortunate that this thread has seemed to degenerate into squabble. I didn't think that the language I used was terribly confusing, but I'll be sure to make everything... (view)
Wed 27 Aug, 2008 12:21 pm - paulhanke,
I think you're absolutely right; we can hope that what we do is an example that others will follow, and this might make the refusal easier. But . . .
I didn't want to... (view)
Wed 27 Aug, 2008 11:52 am - Arjen,
First of all, you're making a judgment about someone you clearly know nothing about. All that Baggini does in his book is offer situations for people to think about. He makes no... (view)
Wed 27 Aug, 2008 10:38 am - kennethamy and Arjen,
I apologize if this was unclear--the purpose of this kind of scenario is to face the moral issue head on. We can pretty much always disburden responsibilities and think our... (view)
Tue 26 Aug, 2008 10:28 pm - [SIZE=85]This is a classic scenario about which I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=85]A soldier is ordered to rape and kill a civilian. He thinks long and hard about his... (view)
Tue 26 Aug, 2008 12:46 pm - I'd first like to say that I'm excited to have found a philosophy forum of this quality. After reading through several posts I could see that the people here are devoted to honest debate.... (view)
