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"Don't be a quitter" "it's important to stick to your commitments" My wife is a big fan of Vickie Berman's blog, Demand Euphoria, and yesterday talked to me about a post on being a 'quitter': http://demandeuphoria.blogspot.com/2011/02/im-quitter.html Her initial...
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I finally got around to reading this book trying to understand what the fuss is all about and I have to confess my ADD just wouldn't allow me to get through all of it. I mean I appreciate the attempt that has been made and I'm sure there's valuble thinking in there somewhere but it is also...
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I heard some of a sunday call in show, about UPB. I heard Stef dismiss a line of inquiry suggesting that to refute UPB is to engage in UPB and thus support it. I think it is a similar line of reasoning that supports the praxeological statment, "Man acts". I have heard it supported saying that...
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I'm confused by UPB; I've spent a few days thinking about how the principle operates with regards to testing moral theories (example: the morality, immorality, or amorality of assault, rape, theft, etc.), and yet I'm not able to understand why certain actions (assault, for example) are necessarily...
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Hello folks, I was discussing the action axiom (i.e. "Human action is purposeful") with my boyfriend today and we ran into a point of confusion concerning its proof as provided by the Mises Institute and Praxgirl. We have been debating for several hours now on whether this constitutes a substantive...
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What moral obligations do human beings have to animals? I know this subject has come up before on these forums, but I have yet to find a satisfactory answer. Is UPB applicable to non-human beings? If so, does it apply to all animals or just certain species? Does it apply to insects? What about plants...
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[quote user="Dissilusionist"] Killing a human is worse than killing a dolphin which is worse than killing a dog which is worse than killing a mouse which is worse than killing a fly etc. [/quote] That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. Does she know why? Perhaps she'll die. Seriously...
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I've been reading "The Law of the Somalis" by Michael van Notten. Really interesting read. I highly remcommend it. I just wanted to share this passage: "Why should you respect my natural rights? To answer this, try arguing that you need not respect my natural rights. You will find...
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Hey guys. It's been a while since I've been in any UPB debates or discussions or really even thought much about morality. But I've seen some recent posts about UPB and thought I would post an article I wrote on my blog a couple of months ago. It's a brief explanation of how I find myself...
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If you want to check it out, it’s uploaded to www.FDRspanish.com Link: http://www.fdrspanish.com/conducta-universalmente-preferible-una-demostracion-racional-de-la-etica-secular/ I started this venture just translating what I had previously underlined, but as time passed it became increasingly...