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In my post on http://www.economicsjunkie.com/universally-preferable-behaviour-a-rational-proof-of-secular-ethics/ if you look under "Comments" you'll see that I got a comment covering exactly that issue: "With you concise summary I don’t come to the conclusion “It is universally...
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I want to set something straight for future reference. Ethics , as explained before, is the process of examining the logical consistency (validity) and the empirical proof (accuracy) of statements regarding universally preferable human behavior . (I know Stef equates the terms Ethics and Morality, but...
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So, I was hoping someone could help me with a logic problem that I have pretzeled myself into. I like to keep my philosophy stupidly simple. If it gets too complicated I lose track of all the threads and everything just unravels on me. Lately, I’ve been trying to breakdown and simplify morality...
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*BUMP!* Stef, I'd love to see a video or podcast on this at some point in the future if you get the chance, especially since the idea might wing its way into the 'next UPB' (Ethics 2.0!) at some point. I thought the poster made some excellent points and brought up problems with the is/ought...
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Well let's say that you were using the 'taxation is force' argument with your friends, and they do indeed accept that taxation is forceful - that it is violence. They might then object using the following: "aah, but in your opinion it is a bad thing, but in our opinion it is a good thing...
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[quote user="pcrs"] [quote user="idontlikeyou"]So wouldn't the above relativity of those physical laws seem in direct contradiction to this sentece.[/quote] The theory of relativity is not relative. It was born from an attempt to make the laws of nature universal in all reference...
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[quote user="Stefan Molyneux"] Well, the answer to the question is certainly in UPB, but more importantly, it is embedded in the original poster's question. He says that it is entirely possible or probable that the requirement for consistency to a theory could be different in different...
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You claim that just as the laws of physics operate as universal so should moral reasoning. However many laws of physics are relative. For example, the speed of light is 299,792,458 metres per second ...in a vacuum. When light passes through a transparent or translucent material it is slower. So the speed...
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