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Right or wrong....
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Granted yes but as I said, people believe different things, just as I do. I may not find morality in death but I would stand against such a power just as many others would, along with those who suppor... |
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A Thing Called Shame
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Wrong - man you are on a streak.
We, in Western Civilization, do not let individuals do whatever they want. We have very strict laws that outlines our cultural morality. And if one tries to break f... |
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Religion & HumanityNotes on the Great Ones
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Fantastic post, in spite (or perhaps because) of the fact that it has a dubious whiff about it. (As Nietzsche might say, you ask many questionable questions).What you appear to have commissioned is a... |
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Law & GovernmentCan law and justice be maintained without religion
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Is it not empathy that is the source of all morality, and hence laws? If you do not want to live in a world where people take away what is yours, then don't steal. This comes from the realization... |
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For a Million $, Would You...
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But what I don't get, is that the reason that we shouldn't steal and kill is because otherwise we will be punished in afterlife, does that mean that we have no conciousness, no morality? I t... |
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BiologyCloning
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Sounds cool oatmaster. Hopefully they'll be able to apply this technique to humans as it doesn't have the supposed "morality problems" that cloning-stem-cell research has. |
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Ethics & MoralityThe Morality of Action
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MiA...we are discussing morality. Responsibility for your actions is directly related; if you can claim you have no responsibility for your action, then you can say your action was moral. But can you... |
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God in ReligionQuestioning his Behaviour
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Atheists also are subject to the moral code created by God
Etherealmeekle: Wrong. Some ethics may conform each other, yet Athiests have no direct connection to a deity. Your justification for this is... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
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But you're missing the point. You're throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Throw out ethics and you deprive yourself of any notion of rational action. WHY obey the law? Is it just confor... |
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Sexual PsychologyA backlash against sexual attitudes?
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and because the few WILL revolt against the many, there will be some sort of war. wether it be cold, or steeming hot with fire and bullets.
You will get the same results this way as well. Some peop... |
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God in ReligionGod's Will
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"Thats an assumption that contradicts from what Scripture teaches."
OK, how do we know which Scripture is true? Koran, Torah, Bible or Confucius' writings?
How can man be punished w... |
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Ethics & MoralityEthics: DARE YOU IGNORE IT?
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I believe pupa ria is a allududing to whatever metephysyical stance a person tends to hold. Most people, to my mind and philosiphers like voltaire beleive that the human maind and there for morality a... |
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BiologyCloning
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Unfortunately, we cannot really know for certain, unless we actually clone entire human beings. We tend to be an empirical lot, and as a race need sometimes to 'stick our hands into the fire' when we... |
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A realization
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Very true. Just like how a baby born into this world isn't instinctively able to rationalize morality and the concept of good and bad. Society and life shape your morals through the lessons learn... |
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Ethics & MoralityWhat is the Association of Efficiency with Morality?
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Morality is generally a consideration about goals or ends while efficiency is about the means to achieve those goals or ends. |
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God in Religionproofs for God's existence
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"i'm not sure i follow. you're saying that since life is nesasary to observe the universe the universe has to have life and hence is probable? that may be completely wrong, but i didnt... |
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Harlot Qualifications
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Realistically, is there a specific number a person has to have had sex with in order for you to label them a slut? People dance around this question without actually asking it in a straight forward ma... |
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Right or wrong....
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i used native customs as an example of humanity , i dont like confining things to our sociaty , people tend to be incredably shortsighted and tend only to consider humans within sociaty , and not the... |
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War & TerrorismDecius B against the War?
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quite interesting....
first we are accurate within inches...
then we kill our allies and it becomes a "complex system"
we have way too much power for the soldiers...they seem to be... |
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Gender PsychologyAn Abundancy of Rudeness
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Short answer: it is called 'slave morality'. Slaves will tend to pecieve the free (those who they bow to) as rude.
If you don't want to see any more rude people, very easy, choose fr... |
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Ethics & MoralityWhat is the basis of independent morality?
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If a person doesn't think there is a God to be accountable to, then-then what's the point of trying to modify your behaviour to keep it within acceptable ranges? That's how I thought anyway. I always... |
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BiologyCloning
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you are right, bringing in other aspects is completely neccisary. everything is intertwined. i was simply trying to clear up some confusion in order to make the topic progressive. who am i to make dem... |
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God in ReligionDefining God
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If there is a God, then the universe is designed, then it must all have a purpose.
I mean, that purpose could be testing our morality for example. Individual bits of the universe maybe pointless an... |
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Science vs ReligionEvolution vs. Creationism...Thoughts?
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The stories of the Bible are supposed to carry deeper meaning. Catholics argue that even if the stories are fictional that they still teach good morality.
Both the scientific and religious views of... |
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ChristianityA few questions for Christians.
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Well, I certainly don't take your questions as 'holier-than-thou', and do know you're just curious. I hope you didn't see any my questions as anything else other than curiosit... |
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