Objectivism is flawed by the Alpha & Omega of supernaturalism – the belief in "free" will. In the midst of all this wonderful and intelligent and reasoned...
... <moeller_log@y...> wrote: .<snip> For example, the question of whether a man murdered another man and thus violated that man's right to live is not...
... all ... This ... Read deeper into it. When he says "We are all part of One" he is talking about something that is a basis of many ways of thought. The rest...
See my critique of Erich Fromm in the alienation discussion in the appendix of "The Disowned Self." No, Fromm was not an influence. NB [Non-text portions of...
Steve, This is one of those basic choices. The evidence that is used to argue the point is not the kind useful in a debate or in logic since your attitude...
... I ... sex ... to ... I have five daughters from our blended marriage, and a vasectomy. Am I clear enough? It has absolutely nothing to do with children....
... you ... so ... We lack an exact language. When one man talks or writes and the other one listens or reads, what happens? The man talking or writing has...
Hello Steve, long time no see! <joke> When ever I'm confronted by this issue, I think of the strings on a marionette, Yes they are there, but the play (the...
And the philosophy you have to replace Objectivism is ...? --Brant In a message dated 1/03/05 07:42:57 US Mountain Standard Time, philosopherknight@......
... belief in "free" will. free will is hardly the be all and end all of supernaturalism. you're being a bit hyperbolic there. as i've said before on this...
... the ... Sometimes I think the whole reason forums do so well is how inexact and woolly we are capable of being when we read and write things. It's also odd...
Mike: "as i've said before on this list, for me the best take on free will is - like political liberty - a negative concept: the absence of mechanical...
... <moeller_log@y...> wrote: It is not simply the absence of determination or mechanical compulsion in your words, it is also the POSITIVE aspect of being in ...
JFW: "Was the use of deadly force justified? Was the killing done in self-defense? Was the killing "sanctioned" (war, death penalty)?" Michael: Murder,...
... in self-defense? Was the killing "sanctioned" (war, death penalty)?" ... this, JFW, that one's rights are not determined by arguments between lawyers....
JFW: "Neither I, nor any of my clients, have ever "subverted justice." I find it interesting that you might not understand how the legal system and business...
For the record: I for one have never in my life engaged in sexual intercourse for the sake of reproduction. If Mike's claim about why people engage in sexual...
... themselves, is because their goal is to reproduce homosexuality. occurs in human and non-human realms. :) michael r. brown http://www.marymaclane.com ...
Michael, The way you've quoted, you've made it look as if I was making the claim you quote whereas instead what I was saying is that if that's the claim Mike...
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