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Philosophy
essays, pieces, articles, stories, commentaries, discourses
Description: Not answers, but questions, about the nature of ethics and its regard to our ability of self-restraint.
Quote: "Today, in our modern world, as well as in the works of the ancient world, we find that one action or another may be immoral, or unethical."
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Description: Examination of a debate between myself and a colleague, demonstrating their usage of false arguments.
Quote: "Like I said, with the current state of affairs -- evidence and statistics agreeing with me -- those who do not pursue a higher education, and even those who do, often forget almost everything they learn."
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Description: Yet another examination of a debate between myself and a Capitalist, demonstrating their usage of false arguments.
Quote: "It is rather interesting that you can make such statements, such Ad Hominem Abusive arguments, but I have heard much of the same from other Libertarians."
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Description: Yet still another examination of a debate between myself and an omnivore, demonstrating their usage of false arguments.
Quote: "Thats a bunch of crap you sinful foreigner."
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Description: Piece delivered to a group of people on the evidence of Determinism, and answer to some critics.
Quote: "When I say that Free Will does not exist, I mean it in the sense that our actions can be entirely predicted when enough knowledge surrounding these actions is collected."
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Description: A journey in to the question of "what is natural" and "what is unnatural," with historical interpretation.
Quote: "If one were to classify homosexuality as unnatural, simply because it doesn't appear to serve any end in nature, then why isn't the bulk of what we do considered unnatural?"
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Description: Offering an alternative method of viewing science and our understanding of knowledge.
Quote: "...for a society to prosper, it must have well-reasoned attitudes towards the confronting political, economical, and social issues."
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Description: Ideas to think about on the matter of life and death, in regards to suicide, euthanasia, birth and abortion, death penalty, necrophilia, and burial.
Quote: "The question of life and death has been a subject for every poet to write on, for every theologian to postulate upon, for the philosophers and authors to write of, and for every person who has ever thought about meaning and purpose."
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Logic
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2,488 Words
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September, 2002
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Description: The philosophical argument about how we know things -- and an even deeper look into it.
Quote: "What is your evidence of evidence? By what means do you claim that Logic and Reason are accurate methods of obtaining truth? And, by identifying facts and results, these means of detecting the validity of Logic and Reason are based on Logic and Reason."
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Description: Some thoughts and questions on the idea of consciousness being produced in the brain.
Quote: "Our brains, like all other physical things, is composed of matter. In this sense, it is composed of different atoms..."
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Description: A revisition of the questions and thoughts originally posed on the nature of consciousness.
Quote: "If a computer program was capable of carrying on a long, coherent conversation with a human being, would we be able to judge it as a conscious entity?"
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Description: Some thoughts on the ethical implication of activities that do not harm others.
Quote: "There are some moral philosophers who will go to the extent to say that every action is amoral, and simply a matter of preference."
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Description: Some inquiries, thoughts, and questions concerning our idea of rights and how, or if, they are adequately justified.
Quote: "We see then that the current issue is decided upon based primarily on the idea of preconceived rights. What, then are the reasons that justify or villify a right?"
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