Mon 10 Sep, 2007 10:59 pm - Yeah, I think if we can conceive of a situation where an atheist risks her life to save another's, knowing or believing that she will die in the attempt, the notion that [I]all[/I] actions are... (view)
Sun 9 Sep, 2007 11:03 pm - I see that Kennethamy has already explored one of the points I just made. Apologies. On the issue of semantics, very few, if any, philosophical arguments will not at some point break down into a... (view)
Sun 9 Sep, 2007 06:46 pm - *jumping in, without having read all of the previous posts*:
"Selfishness" is the act of satisfying one's own needs or desires at the expense of another's and usually implies... (view)
Tue 12 Jun, 2007 04:14 pm - [quote=boagie]Kennethamy,:)
The sugar is not sweet in and of itself,the terriable event,is not terriable in and of itself.it might be said these things are an experience and an evaluation... (view)
Tue 12 Jun, 2007 01:50 am - Perhaps the first thing we should do when deciding whether morality is real or not is to clarify what we mean by "real". In the question ("is morality real?"), "real"... (view)
Sun 10 Jun, 2007 08:04 pm - If the Philosophy Forum decides on an experiment involving a cat and a flamethrower for no higher purpose than that it relishes incineration, and the result is a very crispy cat corpse, most people... (view)
