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I think it's hard to say whether PC culture will win or lose, I think many people think it's obvious it will lose but it seems to me like we're trending towards complete victory for PC culture. There are clear examples of over-the-top PC ideas like with third-wave feminism and the extreme left and ...

We already do legislate human decency but you want to take it a step further by making people "scared" of failure to comply with human decency. You're always going to have to fight if you want to compel people to do things and nothing will change that, not even legislation. I think it wou...

We already do legislate human decency but you want to take it a step further by making people "scared" of failure to comply with human decency. You're always going to have to fight if you want to compel people to do things and nothing will change that, not even legislation. I think it woul...

I think it's hard to say whether PC culture will win or lose, I think many people think it's obvious it will lose but it seems to me like we're trending towards complete victory for PC culture. There are clear examples of over-the-top PC ideas like with third-wave feminism and the extreme left and a...

Jurors have the full liberty to think and rule outside of Law, and so take conscience and motive into their final rulings. Jurors are supposed to decide whether the prosecution gave sufficient evidence to prove the defendant guilty of the crime of which they are charged. They are not deciding wheth...

Altruism is a fine idea in some contexts, where there is plenty to give but no reason to give but it's not currently underpinning western society or governments and nor should it. People should act out of self-interest but with an understanding that it's in all of our best interests to work together...

Neither Israel or Islam is a threat to the West =/

Leftists only real threat atm.

there may be extenuating circumstances. all is not black/white. and why we have courts/jurie Err, the courts do not trial someone to decide whether someone was being rational but whether or not they broke the law. Golden Rule of overrated, Reciprocity more apt in the real world. Reciprocity is the ...

The pertinent question: do you think philosophy is a team activity then? Or can you do it in isolation?

Haha, it's not a team activity. You can do it in isolation.

You will have to forgive me - I don't believe in self-evident "truths" or self-evident goals. Observe that in order to answer my question you have drawn (yet another) unqualified distinction: desirable vs undesirable. The "define X" game recurses into nothingness. What is the al...

What's your criteria for GOOD vs BAD answers? The purpose of philosophy is somewhat self-evident when examined from the perspective that someone is engaging in philosophical thought in order to accomplish something. I think it's also self-evident that people who are considering new options, discuss...

What a funny thread.

I appear to be talking to an idiot, I will remember your name and to avoid reading your posts again.

You're speaking of mans, so called, truths, that 'suit his wants and desires.' But what about the truths of the universe and those that speak of mankind, like his tendency to 'suit his wants and desires?' No, I am not. I am talking about "the truth" as opposed to "a truth" where...

The problem isn't that nobody knows the truth, it's that there are many truths and each with their own appeal.