... Why do they need to be 'grounded'? Doesn't that just lead to an infinite regress? If ethics is valid because it is 'grounded' in X, what makes X a valid ...
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Charlie Bell
charlie@...
Sep 2, 2008 11:22 am
... I'm neither of those. I'm not sure how long you've been lurking, but this List is far more dimensional than that. Recently some voices have been louder,...
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William T Goodall
wtg@...
Sep 2, 2008 8:32 am
... [snip] ... I suggest if you can't understand the arguments you refrain from commenting at all. ... So you've progressed from the strawman argument to the...
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William T Goodall
wtg@...
Sep 2, 2008 8:24 am
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law "There are many corollaries to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin...
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Dave Land
dmland@...
Sep 2, 2008 7:07 am
... No. Godwin's Law does not allow you to win or lose arguments. It merely states that this discussion is basically over. Cite please? Why yes, of course: ...
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Dave Land
dmland@...
Sep 2, 2008 6:56 am
Folks, In reading about Vaccine Safety, I came across this article that seemed pretty reasonable: http://url.ie/nsv But about half-way down, I came across a...
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Dave Land
dmland@...
Sep 2, 2008 6:46 am
... I think this is what "Charlane"; was trying to get at with her question: According to the guest, there have been many 100s or even 1000s of concomitant...
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John Williams
jwilliams42@...
Sep 2, 2008 4:41 am
Doug Pensinger <brighto@...> ... Sorry, I blame myself. I was not clear. I meant to ask, is it helpful to blame politicians for not having solutions to...
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Doug Pensinger
brighto@...
Sep 2, 2008 4:05 am
... Not if I'm playing a friendly game of volleyball and my team mate over-passed the ball, no. What is important is that a leader take responsibility for his...
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Doug Pensinger
brighto@...
Sep 2, 2008 3:48 am
... doesn't work at all for me, Dan. For one thing it doesn't explain why ethical values are constantly changing, not only within my own lifetime, but from...
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John Williams
jwilliams42@...
Sep 2, 2008 3:03 am
Doug Pensinger <brighto@...> ... The same one we blame for poor humanity leadership and complete lack of a comprehensive intelligent-design policy? Sorry...
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Doug Pensinger
brighto@...
Sep 2, 2008 1:20 am
Ronn! wrote: The "4% inflation is unacceptable" statement was the Democrat's ridicule of Ford's "Whip Inflation Now!" campaign and it's "WIN" buttons. I'm...
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Dan M
dsummersminet@...
Sep 2, 2008 1:18 am
... Sorry for cutting almost everything, Olin, but your last question is a great lead-in to my next post discussing the basis of ethics, better, worse, good ...
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Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankenship@...
Sep 1, 2008 11:08 pm
... That's very narrow-minded of you! . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l...
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Julia Thompson
degges@...
Sep 1, 2008 10:45 pm
... I'm prejudiced against bigots. Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l...
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John Williams
jwilliams42@...
Sep 1, 2008 10:16 pm
Gary Nunn <garynunn@...> ... If convenience implies efficient use of available resources, then this is not a bad thing. The problem with your...
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Gary Nunn
garynunn@...
Sep 1, 2008 10:06 pm
... Ok, Most people. I agree, just because something is cheap doesn't mean that we need to be wasteful, but unfortunately that's the mentality and lifestyle of...
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Gary Nunn
garynunn@...
Sep 1, 2008 9:56 pm
... My point exactly. In a Utopian society, the thinkers and scientists would proactively look for solutions with the full support of society in general. ...
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Charlie Bell
charlie@...
Sep 1, 2008 8:37 pm
... Because it's the right thing to do? Just because something is cheap does not mean we need to be wasteful. Substitute "anyone" with "most people" in that...
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Bruce Bostwick
lihan161051@...
Sep 1, 2008 4:45 pm
... They shouldn't be, and in an economy and social/cultural framework that cultivated proactive thinking at least in the majority, they wouldn't be. The...
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John Williams
jwilliams42@...
Sep 1, 2008 4:15 pm
Olin Elliott <elliottolin@...> ... I did not reply to this initially because implying that another person's opinion is unreasonable is not the type of...
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Gary Nunn
garynunn@...
Sep 1, 2008 3:58 pm
... Are high gas prices a necessary evil to force technological advancement? I do my share of complaining about gas prices, especially when I sit in almost...
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Bruce Bostwick
lihan161051@...
Sep 1, 2008 2:51 pm
... I would go a bit further and call it deliberately disingenuous, but maybe that's just me .. "I believe ... that if life gives you lemons, you should make ...
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Bruce Bostwick
lihan161051@...
Sep 1, 2008 2:49 pm
... I think that would be a fairly extreme interpretation. However .. there's a lot to be said against the logic of unilaterally equating terminating a...
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Olin Elliott
elliottolin@...
Sep 1, 2008 2:34 pm
... I'm not sure this is true, although I'll admit I don't have the answersto the questions it raises. If our ethical ideas come from our nature as social...
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Bruce Bostwick
lihan161051@...
Sep 1, 2008 2:29 pm
... On that score, McCain would have to be disqualified as well, for thinking that he could choose someone like Palin and somehow escape half the civilized...
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Charlie Bell
charlie@...
Sep 1, 2008 12:52 pm
... What an absolutely taut precise concise piece of writing. Very nice indeed. Argue like this, and noone gets frustrated. We might not agree with you, but...
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William T Goodall
wtg@...
Sep 1, 2008 8:57 am
... It's not a view held by anyone on this list, so who are you arguing with? Hence strawman. ... The question of how we come to have ethical ideas is a...
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Charlie Bell
charlie@...
Sep 1, 2008 8:24 am
... Neither can one deduce ethics from sitting in a desert and eating insects, or ascribing the universe to a made-up authority figure. Ethics is a product of...
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Charlie Bell
charlie@...
Sep 1, 2008 8:07 am
... They're not children yet! Children have *been born*. Late-term abortion kills the unborn at a time when they're likely to survive (except in cases where...
