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SocietyAtlas Shrugged a Cynical Review
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The response to this would be a whole other thread. But here are some short replies:
Before he was the 'first economist,' Adam Smith was an ethicist. He was not writing about what should... |
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LawWhy is Prostitution Illegal?
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It's no more human traffic than the work place, just because sex isn't involved does not make it less of a meat market.
As long as entertainment and luxury is an industry, than so is sex... |
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social mobility in the class system
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Is upward (or downward) mobility possible? This is a question referring to societies with a capitalist basis, otherwise it would be kind of silly. Of course, there are success stories of somebody comi... |
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Life & DeathSocial existance, life and friends.
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Is it just me or are people becoming increasingly simple, stupid and ignorant? Has the whole concept of individuality taken a leave from the ideological stand point of all and one?
Even here, do i fi... |
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War & TerrorismAmerican warmongers
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Oh, yes I just heard the other day, how we are going to replace the leader of the Iraqi mililia that is taking on the terrorist.
Seems the people objected to one of Saddam's henchmen being put... |
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Relationships & Lovefutility of romantic 'love'
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so then, as per your model what happens when the hunter meets the mother and vice versa. do all the allurements of society become invisible ? does the beast die altogether ? are these mutually exclusi... |
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IslamWhat's Wrong With Islams Leaders?
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We, the undersigned Muslims, wish to state clearly that those who commit acts of terror, murder and cruelty in the name of Islam are not only destroying innocent lives, but are also betraying the valu... |
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War & TerrorismIsraeli Contempt for the UN: A Cause for War
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Who is there to negotiate with? This is not a conventional war. Each civilian can in a second turn into an independant terrorist. We must win the hearts of the arab people, not beat them into submissi... |
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ChristianityA light in the darkness
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I've been reading bits of the bible for sometime now. I do this in a time when all swords seem to be thrown at it. I call these swords the intellectual heavyweights who seem to be stabbing it fro... |
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and The Fifth is outside the Box
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FOUR KINDS
THE FIFTH IS EQUALITY
There are two kinds of great people
One is served
Having great respect for those who serve them
Receiving great honor
Having a great appearance
Second are t... |
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SocietyThe Meaning of Equality
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FOUR KINDS
THE FIFTH IS EQUALITY
There are two kinds of great people
One is served
Having great respect for those who serve them
Receiving great honor
Having a great appearance
Second are... |
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God in ReligionOny one God created this entire World
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yes, religion maybe different because of difference in cultures and time.
But it is so....non-personal. I dont see how he can sit around and let us suffer here.
It becomes non personel if yo... |
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Tickets
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Have you ever stood on the side of a freeway? Man it's scary. Cars and trucks whipping by at a million miles an hour. On the right shoulder. Yet everyday on our highways, a police officer stands... |
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Alternative BeliefsThe Church of Scientology
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Ok, it isnt how much the Vatican has...but what is done with it.
For instance, the Vatican doesnt have men living high off the hog.
They dont sport huge pools, gold and diamonds. They dont... |
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SpiritualityI'm think I'm losing faith in God.
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theist, one who believes in a god, and atheist, one who does not believe in a god. Only then would you have to withhold any judgment because it would be a perfect coin toss at that point.
Once gen... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismAtheist Ideals
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I've been trying to write this thread for about a year now but I never have the will or time it really requirs. I always get a good idea or two and then it all gets lost after a few days, only to... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismAetheists Are Illogical
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Ironwood: At root, I don't think we disagree. Any empircial statement has a purely putative status: that is, although a set of facts, which we shall call x, subsists and verifies our statement, w... |
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Law & GovernmentShould drugs be legalised?
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I'm not sure we can agree here. Like I mentioned, I speak from experience of the past. I cannot come up with any other sociological factors that change the way your brain functions, save maybe so... |
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Just A Few Thoughts About War
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"The Price of Honor"
The warm sunlight comes streaming down
Above the final resting place
Of the dead soldiers whose renown
Could not be given to them face to face.
They lie there i... |
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Life & DeathSolve mystery of life through meditation
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Majority of the people in the world are unaware of their goal in life. In other words, they have no idea why they came into world and what is the aim of their life. The truth behind this unknown myste... |
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GovernmentThe Anti-Bush Thread
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How poll lies.
Quote, "Men, whites, Catholics boost Bush in latest AP poll
12/9/2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's improved standing with whites, men, Catholics and other core... |
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GovernmentIdea of the "perfect" government?
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"I don't mean to sound ignorant since I can't say I've ever seen the French government in order, but every reference I've read about your government make it sound more like a... |
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Human Nature & EmotionOptimism VS happiness
13 Posts • 14156 Views Philosophy Forum |
Looking a little deeper into this:
It has often been asserted, and generally easy to observe, that our psychological makeup has two general components: an emotional/reactive side, and an analytical... |
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GovernmentThe Anti-Bush Thread
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"It doesnt matter if they dont have a decent army or navy. It just doesn't matter. They have to power to do whatever the hell they want! Look at 9/11, it doesn't take a "poor"... |
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PoetryWhat's so Great about Shakespeare!
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I've written a series of cantos based on William Shakespeare's sonnets.
I believe my cantos are better.
Many of the people I've read here on Captain Cynic today are better than Shake... |
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