<t>My vote for worst movie of the year goes to "War of the Worlds". From the first minute in the opening scene in which Tom Cruise climbs out of his crane, I knew I was going to hate the picture. It was all downhill with successive closeups of Cruise (and a little girl) cringing with fear as the ...

Thanks a lot for these several welcomes. All very cordial - except for Nomad who seems to think I'm a sinister somebody from his past. It could be that he has a joke here that's gone over my head.:rolleyes:

<t>coberst wrote: Alan<br/>
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I have been studying “Philosophy in the Flesh” by Lakoff and Johnson. This is a copy of a post I made recently. I give this here because you mentioned about knowledge and can it be acquired by pure reason. I am beginning to find the answers in this ...

Hi: I checked into this forum yesterday and jumped into a Philosophy thread without looking anywhere else first - probably a bit reckless of me. It looks like there's plenty of activity here, so I'll take a careful look around before I leap into anything else.

<t>coberst wrote: Alan<br/>
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I suspect that all of our efforts at trying to create rational norms are doomed to failure. Utitiltarianism is probably the most used justification we can find to excuse our behavior. Communism and all other isms are sorry excuses for morality bases. As long as we ...

<t>coberst wrote: Alan <br/>
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The best example of a moral theory based on universal principles are Kant’s Categorical Imperative and Rawls’ “A Theory of Justice”.<br/>
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If one does not base their moral decisions upon universally reasoned principle then one bases it ...

<t>coberst wrote: Alan<br/>
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I have attached a post I made earlier that fits with this post.<br/>
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A point I wish to make is just how important ideology is for all of us. For those individuals whose morality is determined not from basic rational principles their particular ideology ...

<t>You've made a general statement here about morality, but you have not given any clues about your point of view in any particular respect. <br/>
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What's the core point or points (if any) that you wish to discuss? Or is your statement just intended to be information for the casual browser with ...