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  • First Youtube Video

    3+ year listener and new to this forum, or any forum for that matter, and my debut youtube video as well sharing my thoughts on philosophical matters. Please share your thoughts with me about the video with critiques and criticisms as I'm sure there are many. Look forward to your responses! -Harrison...
    Posted to Meet 'n Greet! (Forum) by thinktwiceagain on Sun, May 27 2012
  • On Morality: Non-Universalized Subjectivity is the Illusion of Free Will

    Determined “Morality” “Morality” is a concept which claims to explain optional yet preferable behavior for human interaction. In order to be a valid theory of “morality” it must be, like any theory, rational, i.e. universal, logical, consistent, reversible, predictable...
    Posted to Philosophy (Forum) by thinktwiceagain on Sun, May 27 2012
  • Re: NAP and the Heinz dillema

    [quote user="Arius"]It is permissible for the husband to do nothing. It isn't permissible for the druggist to withhold life-saving medicine from the woman. I'm not saying all medicine should be free, nor am I arguing for "free stuff for dying people". It simply seems that...
    Posted to Philosophy (Forum) by Libertus on Tue, May 22 2012
  • Re: NAP and the Heinz dillema

    [quote]The rule here that I'm operating under isn't "give free stuff to dying people", no the moral principle at play here is "life is more valuable than commodities and goods" or simply "life is priceless".[/quote] Several objections. 1. That is the rule you're...
    Posted to Philosophy (Forum) by Libertus on Sun, May 20 2012
  • Re: NAP and the Heinz dillema

    [quote user="RobertG"]Heinz in this situation is certainly justified in stealing the drug if he has no way of raising the full sum needed in time. The druggist could have avoided the theft by simply be compassionate instead of being a cold selfish bastard, choosing an extra $1000 dollars over...
    Posted to Philosophy (Forum) by Libertus on Sat, May 19 2012
  • Re: What are the most common arguments you receive while debating Volentaryism, and how do you most effectively and succinctly refute them?

    I googled your question and found this article. I think it might be quite helpful. The Ethics of Voluntaryism – An 8 Step “Cross Examination” The key here is to get agreement on a step by step basis and refer back to points that have already been agreed upon, should the other person...
    Posted to General Messages (Forum) by Libertus on Mon, May 14 2012
  • The Peter Schiff interview posted recently tu Facebook

    Stef is getting slow. When Peter says that government has the right to confiscate taxes for "legitimate" uses, who determines what are those "legitimate" uses? And once that determination is made, is it morally right for the government to initiate the use of force against a peaceful...
    Posted to General Messages (Forum) by Robin Datta on Wed, Apr 4 2012
  • Pragmatarianism Disproved?

    A couple anarcho-capitalists recently posted this in-depth critique of pragmatarianism.... Pragmatarianism Disproved . Here's my response... Pragmatarianism Disproved? To try and summarize...they used a pragmatarian system with a 100% tax rate as their example and my rebuttal was to challenge them...
    Posted to Religious & Political Theories (Forum) by Xerographica on Fri, Mar 16 2012
  • Schools and Morality

    I wrote this as an E-mail for a friend of mine who's in High School so I'll give you all a bit of background on it first. She's taking a school debate class and was given the choice of stuff to debate about, she chose "can schools teach children morals" and was on the side debating...
    Posted to Education (Forum) by Lashmar on Mon, Mar 12 2012
  • The Moral Case for an Alternative Currency

    Of your own free will you may morally accept fiat currency in exchange for your goods and services as you may accept any token, or lack of token. But when spending your fiat currency, you are employing violent threats from others when your 'trading partner' accepts fiat money under duress. Consider...
    Posted to Philosophy (Forum) by chomskyness on Wed, Feb 29 2012
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