Disclaimer: I do not, and am not, practicing psychiatry in any way within this group. These, and all my other posts, past, present and future within this group...
Dear Group, Earlier, I inadvertently sent out a group mailing as a special notice. It was also premature. I have since deleted the original post and replaced...
Dear Determinists, I'm writing to ask for your help in supporting the Center for Naturalism, the only organization I'm aware of (non-profit or otherwise)...
Dear yahoubetcha, Of course you are right, but do you go far enough in your analysis? What are you really saying? I'll have to make some assumptions about what...
Dr. Garwood, I can see that you are passionate about this death penalty issue. BTW, just because I stated: "one can make the simple argument that the death...
Dear Ya-- Thanks for your considered reply. Yes, I'm against the death penalty for deterministic reasons; I'm also against any form of "punishment". I put...
Someone: "I simply point out another reason to ban it: that killers don't deserve to die since on a deterministic understanding they couldn't have done...
Jake Taggert
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Jan 30, 2009 1:20 pm
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Dear Anonymous Poster, Yes, of course the executioner is blameless--for the same reason the condemned is. But my argument in other posts about this is that...
Of course murderers can't help what they do, but neither can judges, prosecuters and all other people because we're all hard wired to be what we are. We're...
"The hatred and revulsion that send people to jail and to the gallows—and, in other contexts, lead to arguments, fights, and wars—are without intellectual...
Ron, Such is the rationale not only of society but also of the criminal. Too bad we can't prevent both actions but we can stop the former--the actions of the...
Dear Group, Below is a copy/paste of a somewhat long post I recently made to another group I participate in, about controversies in the larger field of...
The CFN newsletter <http://www.naturalism.org/CFN%20Newsletter.htm> is out, and includes a critique of a talk Daniel Dennett gave on free will, determinism...
Dear Group Members, I am posting this provocative question for our group to consider. I'll start off by saying this: I am against punishment as being unethical...
Okay, my $0.02 worth... WTF? As far as your question, I do not see why this group is the place for it. I do agree that the Texas Mafia should be held...
I mostly agree with you. But if you carry your own logic further then this very discussion/debate is also determined. Just to be clear here, I'm not...
Below the dotted line is the description of a new group I've founded, titled "Nature Compassion." Though it may overlap with the existing naturalism groups, ...
This illustrates how the offer of money can be a factor in determining behavior, so I suppose that's why it's relevant to this list :-) Nevertheless, the...
Hello: I am a behaviorist and a determinist. Actually, a Skinner devote. I was involved in a behaviorist program sponsored by a government grant to research...
Hello, And welcome to our humble group. I've had similar experiences, it seems, in attempting to promote behaviorism and determinism. I cut my teeth on formal...
Hi: Here's a quote you might be interested in, supporting your idea about the compassion being necessary to enable the use of positive reinforcement. The quote...
In a message dated 7/12/2009 4:14:21 PM Mountain Daylight Time, ... Of course the "I did it so I must have free will" debate will still go on and on because...
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