Brent Meeker writes:
If your species doesn't define as unethical that which is contrary to
continuation of the species, your species won't be around to long.
Our problem is that cultural evolution has been so rapid compared to
biological evolution that some of our hardwired values are
Bruno,
I have been doing a lot of reading/thinking on your former posts on the
Hypostases, other reading on Plotinus and the neo-Platonist hypostases,
and the Christian interpretation of the hypostases. There is a lot
to say, but I'll start by just giving some responses to your last post
on
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Brent Meeker writes:
If your species doesn't define as unethical that which is contrary
to continuation of the species, your species won't be around to
long. Our problem is that cultural evolution has been so rapid
compared to biological evolution that some
Brent Meeker writes:
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Brent Meeker writes:
If your species doesn't define as unethical that which is contrary
to continuation of the species, your species won't be around to
long. Our problem is that cultural evolution has been so rapid
compared to
Tom Caylor writes:
Bruno,
I have been doing a lot of reading/thinking on your former posts on the
Hypostases, other reading on Plotinus and the neo-Platonist hypostases,
and the Christian interpretation of the hypostases. There is a lot
to say, but I'll start by just giving some responses
Le 23-déc.-06, à 15:01, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit :
Bruno marchal writes:
Even if it is presented as good for society, the child may accept
that because of feelings of empathy for others.
OK. Note that such an empathy is hard wired in our biological
constitution. Many mammals seems
Le 24-déc.-06, à 09:17, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit :
Brent Meeker writes:
If your species doesn't define as unethical that which is contrary
to continuation of the species, your species won't be around to
long. Our problem is that cultural evolution has been so rapid
compared to
Le 24-déc.-06, à 09:48, Tom Caylor a écrit :
Bruno,
I have been doing a lot of reading/thinking on your former posts on the
Hypostases, other reading on Plotinus and the neo-Platonist hypostases,
and the Christian interpretation of the hypostases. There is a lot
to say, but I'll start by
Le 24-déc.-06, à 11:49, Stathis Papaioannou a écrit :
I'm not sure that this is what you meant, but there is in a sense an
objective basis to the personal or subjective, which is simply that
when I say I feel or desire something, this is an empirical statement:
either I do feel it or I am
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Oops, it was Jef Allbright, not Mark Peaty responsible for
the first quote below.
Brent Meeker writes:
[Mark Peaty]Correction: [Jef Allbright]
From the foregoing it can be seen that while there can be
no objective morality, nor any absolute morality, it is
On Dec 24, 3:49 am, Stathis Papaioannou
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Caylor writes:
Bruno,
I have been doing a lot of reading/thinking on your former posts on the
Hypostases, other reading on Plotinus and the neo-Platonist hypostases,
and the Christian interpretation of the hypostases.
It looks like I might have timed out. Hopefully this doesn't appear
two times.
On Dec 24, 8:55 am, Bruno Marchal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Le 24-déc.-06, à 09:48, Tom Caylor a écrit :
Bruno,
...
I believe the answer to the question, What is Truth? which Pilate asked
Jesus, was standing
Thanks for the explanations. I am astonished about all children being
psychopathic: I guess you mean very young one?
Bruno
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/
To be fair that term isn't normally used for children due to its pejorative
connotations, but I think it is close to the truth.
Tom Caylor wrote:
On Dec 24, 3:49 am, Stathis Papaioannou
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Caylor writes:
Bruno,
I have been doing a lot of reading/thinking on your former posts on the
Hypostases, other reading on Plotinus and the neo-Platonist hypostases,
and the Christian interpretation of
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Jef Allbright writes:
[Stathis Papaioannou]
If slavery could be scientifically shown to promote the well-being of
the species as a whole does that mean we
should have slavery? Does it mean that slavery is good?
Teaching that slavery is bad is similar to
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Jef Allbright writes:
[Stathis Papaioannou]
If slavery could be scientifically shown to promote the well-being of
the species as a whole does that mean we
should have slavery? Does it mean that slavery is good?
Teaching that slavery is bad is similar to
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Jef Allbright writes:
[Stathis Papaioannou]
If slavery could be scientifically shown to promote the
well-being of
the species as a whole does that mean we should have
slavery? Does it
mean that slavery is good?
Teaching that slavery is bad is similar to
Tom Caylor writes:
On Dec 24, 3:49 am, Stathis Papaioannou
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Caylor writes:
Bruno,
I have been doing a lot of reading/thinking on your former posts on the
Hypostases, other reading on Plotinus and the neo-Platonist hypostases,
and the Christian
Tom Caylor writes:
It is the ultimate irony that Jesus was taken to be blaspheming when he
said he was one with the Father and before Abraham was, I AM, for
no one can say that they are God. the mistake is the missing
phrase at the end: ...except God.
Yes, but what if Jesus was not God?
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Tom Caylor writes:
On Dec 24, 3:49 am, Stathis Papaioannou
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Caylor writes:
Bruno,
I have been doing a lot of reading/thinking on your former posts
on the
Hypostases, other reading on Plotinus and the neo-Platonist
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Tom Caylor writes:
It is the ultimate irony that Jesus was taken to be blaspheming when he
said he was one with the Father and before Abraham was, I AM, for
no one can say that they are God. the mistake is the missing
phrase at the end: ...except God.
Yes,
Brent Meeker wrote:
That raises a fundamental question - should we believe what's
true? Of course in general we don't know what's true and we
never know it with certainity. But we do know some things,
in the scientific, provisional sense. And we also have
certain values which, as Jef
Brent Meeker writes:
In fact, if we could
reprogram our own minds at will, it would be a very different world.
Suppose you were upset because you lost your job. You might decide to
stay upset to the degree that it remains a motivating factor to look for
other work, but not affect your
Jef Allbright wrote:
Brent Meeker wrote:
That raises a fundamental question - should we believe what's true?
Of course in general we don't know what's true and we never know it
with certainity. But we do know some things, in the scientific,
provisional sense. And we also have certain
Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
Brent Meeker writes:
In fact, if we could reprogram our own minds at will, it would be
a very different world. Suppose you were upset because you lost your
job. You might decide to stay upset to the degree that it remains a
motivating factor to look for
Brent Meeker wrote:
Jef Allbright wrote:
Brent Meeker wrote:
That raises a fundamental question - should we believe
what's true?
Of course in general we don't know what's true and we
never know it
with certainity. But we do know some things, in the scientific,
provisional sense.
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