| Utilitarianism - Posted by bladerunner 2013-11-08 04:27:40 I'm not the biggest fan of Utilitarianism, because I don't think it can be defended that an individual owes other individuals happiness, a generally central thesis of Utilitarianism. From a Social per... |
| Ground floor, Housewares.... - Posted by bladerunner 2013-11-06 08:51:17 So I figured since things just got started, everybody should post here so we all know who's here? |
| Intentionalism - Posted by bladerunner 2013-11-06 06:51:45 And it's the "to a certain extent" that I find troubling. The man who wants to ONLY commit moral actions is stuck never deciding, since he cannot be certain, and the woman who decides to do her ab... |
| Intentionalism - Posted by bladerunner 2013-11-06 05:53:36 But you intended to kill the homeless people--at that point you have to use whatever moral calculus you're working under; that example only looks at one side of the intention. The problem with pure... |
| Obama, the Know-Nothing President - Posted by bladerunner 2013-11-06 02:24:53 I guess what I'm saying is that your post seemed to imply that he was worse than previous presidents, while I think it's more "par for the course" and, while we may not like that it's so, we should be... |
| Obama, the Know-Nothing President - Posted by bladerunner 2013-11-06 01:44:58 Shouldn't it be a comparison? I mean, after all, the last guy was clearly a "know-nothing" president, but what about previous ones? Has he acted differently than other presidents with similar failures... |
| mafia anyone? - Posted by bladerunner 2013-11-06 01:42:49 VTL TUF for claim... |