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it's funny how you compare Trump with Hitler when all the anti Semitic protestors are leftists democrats for Hamas and Islamic tyranny the revolution will be glorious -Imp Is that the Marxist revolution, or the Islamic revolution? I'm pretty sure that, other than the piles and piles of dead bodies ...

The point is, our place in society, and our rights, have nothing to do with the subjectivity of our morality. I hate to point this out, but if morality is subjective, so is your belief in rights. Rights are a moral concept, not one you can glean from objective observation. And I hate to point this ...

Bad judgment could lead to an exchange of nuclear assets. You forgot. A Subjectivist has no reason to expect the word "bad" to convey anything. Anything that is the "judgment" made by another "subjective observer" has to be every bit as "good" or "bad&qu...

He still gets to vote, though. Yes, he does. And that's just fine: every American citizen should have that right. But to suppose that any argument against any candidate that is made by a Subjectivist means something important...that's quite a different question. All it really means is "Today, ...

But you told him nobody has to take any notice of his subjective opinion, but they do when he casts his vote. That's because while opinions are subjective, the process of voting is objective. Yet another reason why Subjectivism is stupid: it ignores the impact of what you do on other people. The po...

"Subjective" or "objective", either way people have beliefs and make choices based on those beliefs. But they don't have to, actually...anymore than they have to make some unrelated decision based on a headache or an ingrown toenail. Subjectivism is just a twinge. It doesn't sig...

He still gets to vote, though. Yes, he does. And that's just fine: every American citizen should have that right. But to suppose that any argument against any candidate that is made by a Subjectivist means something important...that's quite a different question. All it really means is "Today, ...

He still gets to vote, though. Yes, he does. And that's just fine: every American citizen should have that right. But to suppose that any argument against any candidate that is made by a Subjectivist means something important...that's quite a different question. But you told him nobody has to take ...

Why do I express my opinion to those who are under no obligation to agree with me and follow my morality? There are two reasons: some may change their mind and decide that my opinion applies to them as well, and I am a narcissist. While no one is under any obligation to adopt my personal preference...

no one is obligated to follow my morality, Right. That's the Subjectivist problem. Nothing they affirm in the moral realm has any logical obligation for anybody else. He still gets to vote, though. Yes, he does. And that's just fine: every American citizen should have that right. But to suppose tha...

Wait a minute! I recently allowed that I cannot claim that Trump is amoral, because his morals, unknown to me as they are, may be quite different than mine. And therefore I should not decide whether to support him or not—I.e. at least not based on a list of character flaws that in turn are derived ...

Unless I am obliged to tell others what to believe or think, it works just fine. If you live by yourself, in a cave, then you don't need morality at all...neither objective or subjective. And whatever you decide to do, you can just do. There can be, for you, no moral dimension to life, because nobo...

Harbal wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 4:33 pm

We get lied to with that word all the time, as Fauci et al are certainly demonstrating right in front of us,

Just in case somebody missed it.

Thanks. You've made my point in big print. A little "overkill," maybe; but appreciated, nonetheless.

Don't trust science, whatever you do. :shock: Yes. Always trust the Anthony Faucis of the world. They're "the Science." :roll: On a tangential note, there's a Biblical principle that says basically, "if you rebuild something you just destroyed, you prove you screwed up." (Gal. 2...

I did suggest this, but at the time you were less in favour. Anyway... Do you have any objective source other than the Bible to corroborate this? Science. Don't trust science, whatever you do. :shock: Yes. Always trust the Anthony Faucis of the world. They're "the Science." :roll: On a ta...