This is an excellent definition of honesty as it applies to reality. What I observe in this definition is: If you are dependent on the non-thinking, the...
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Don't knock it til you tried it. ... From: Chris To: nathaniel_branden@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:55 PM Subject: [nathaniel_branden]...
Honesty is a trememdously important subject that has no easy answers for the many various troubling situations and contexts that we all face too often from...
... Exactly how would any of this help solve the real dilemmas and hard cases that have been raised already in the threads on this? Mike Lee Drunken typing is...
Mike, HONESTY implies a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way. DISONESTY is the opposite of that. Which one works better for you? I would like to know! ...
Ciro IMPASSIONATELY defends HONESTY! Which BRINGS me to a QUESTION I would REALLY like to KNOW! ... Ciro, are you a real Italian, or do you just play one on...
Mike, Hope it assists thinking about the complexities before confronting acts of dishonesty like those described in this thread. Hope it helps reduce the...
... Ciro, I don't agree with the premise implied for if correct, all would be dishonest and the concept honesty would be meaningless. Suggest Walter's post on...
... But, specifically, how does any of what you listed help, except to make you easy prey when you're the victim and a facile rationalizer when you're the ...
... make you ... you're the ... I think my list can help to assist and promote better clear thinking which then helps to better deal with problems which...
This is apropos in light of the Kansas City School Board's decision to teach Intelligent Design. http://www.venganza.org/index.htm [Non-text portions of this...
Funny :) Check out this article from yahoo regarding a similar topic. Apparently, the town of Dover, PA is bound to have a catastrophic event hit their city...
Michael M. wrote: <<Otherwise, how far do we go to "protect" what Walter called our "happy thoughts" about the other person? How much do we let our desire to...
Russel, I typically delete advertisements and things of a similar nature when I seem them posted on this forum. Usually, those posts come from spammers. I...
This Religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (we call ourselves Pastafarians, BTW) is serious business! I have a Flying Spaghetti Monster poster, mug,...
I've been touched, too, if you know what I mean. hopefully so many people will start following the FSM and believing in his very real power so that the schools...
... It's better, not because it is an alternative to honesty, but because it is larger than honesty: Rationality (broadly understood--ie not rationalism). ...
what is the highest value according to you guys? survivial, integrity, rationality, honesty, love, purpose, self-esteem, loyalty, justice, respect, etc? I've...
[heh. Against my better judgment, I'm getting into this one...] ... Perhaps they are relational opposites and not logical ones. Perhaps they are two sides of...
From reading your post, I'd say your problem is that you have accepted the myth that you are powerless and that you need a higher power to make up for your...
I tremble to blaspheme against the FSM, but... ... I'm in favor of teaching "intelligent design" in the public schools. I also think that in sex ed classes, we...
... While I might be willing to follow you some ways down the road of defining certain lies as honest (and thus telling certain truths as dishonest), the fact...
... Isn't this somewhat tautological, at least in the sense that what people do tells you what they really value? Perhaps an addendum that you should value...
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Hello Alya, lay off your anti-commerce diatribe. I appreciate the posts for products and services that are related to our personal passions. Anti-commerce ...