Recent content by a4mula

This has nothing to do with wealth or lack thereof. This is a direct referendum on individuality and personal responsibility. By accepting the responsibility of another you are not only robbing them of the ability to provide for themselves, but also the incentive and experience needed next...

And hence my point that what you're prescribing to is truth by proximity. I've already agreed that the greater advances we make bring us closer to understanding our observations and making more accurate predictions. This isn't argued. This has nothing to do with feelings. It's reality...

There have been quite a few advocates for truth by proximity since I last checked in. I can and will agree that as we progress in our knowledge we achieve a higher level of accuracy in our observations and predictions, that however does not equate to Truth. The World is Flat - Wrong...

I do not personally agree with this concept. I feel as though our healthcare system is in the shape it is today directly because of the Medicaid act of '65. The federal government has shown an undeniable skill at corrupting and bloating everything they touch. To have faith that they can...

0<1 Fundamental mathematics are the only real truths that I've been able to conceive. Even Descartes was misled by making the assumption that he must exist. Our perception is not evidence of existence, merely evidence of perception. Basing reality on perception is about as flawed a concept...

Personally I could care less what beliefs she has. I don't care about her religion, I don't care about her racial views, I don't care about her sex, skin color, or political alignment. She's a proud Latina Woman. Good for her. Whatever. Who cares. Left, Right, Black, White, Woman, Man...

Free markets show even distrubution only through competition. In the case of the US the government has imposed what could be considered implied biasness by supporting corporate monopolization of the media. Until the media itself is free of government control there will always be a heavy hand...

It's not. Allowing them to breed however is, assuming their issues are genetic in nature. Again this is just one aspect of the overall detriment that is posed by nurturing those that are incapable of self-sustenance. This is quite the hard-lined stance. I don't expect many to agree. What...

I'd love to see the evidence of this fact. It's been shown time and again that even the most advanced mammals (dolphins, primates, pigs) do indeed practice forms of infanticide from direct killing to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runt" neglect. I'm not trying to be derisive here, I'd...

0 and 1. Unfortunately when it comes to human interaction both of those concepts cease to exist. There are no absolutes. It's this very reason why we develop values, morals, ethics, and law. We make agreements amongst ourselves (which are ever changing and different depending on where you...

That's not what I'm suggesting at all. I just see no need of a single set of laws that are all-encompassing. That's not the same as saying there cannot be. My only point, which I concluded the original post with was that our search for grand unification creates an artificial paradigm to which...

I was going to leave all previous discussion on the table and try to start anew. I did however want to address this one particular question however since it was brought up twice and was grossly misinterpreted. Unarguably Unequal Defined: Any person born that would be unable to have a...

This is a discussion where we contemplate the morality of killing infants. I wouldn't say that selecting that aspect of the animal kingdom could be construed as selective biases. We are animals so I'm not really sure why a difference need be made. There are many examples of...

Legitimacy of intent is regardless to the fact that you must have intent in order to discern consequence from your actions. It's that very intent that dictates morality. I've already given a very easy to understand example and regardless of your philosophical musings there is little...

In the discussion of morality it does. Even in utilitarianism one must consider consequence. While consequence is a direct result of action, the consideration of consequence is based on intent. <shrug> You say extreme, I say very well grounded in reality.