Philosophy

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1. Ethical self defense

   By EricBaker.Linux, July 9, 2014
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   • shirgall
   • August 23, 2014

2. Looking for a definition

   By NigelW, July 9, 2014
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   • Dwain Dibley
   • July 29, 2014

3. What would art look like in the future?

   By MysterionMuffles, July 7, 2014
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   • nathanm
   • July 18, 2014

4. What is justice? Is it cultural or universal?

   By GOLDENICE, July 6, 2014
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   • Patrick Stephen Mangan
   • July 10, 2014

5. Why do people watch violent movies?

   By NameName, July 6, 2014
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   • Coinflip
   • July 7, 2014

6. Kohlberg, Rest, Stages of Moral development, and the DIT test

   By James Dean, July 4, 2014   

   • philosophy
   • morality
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     • philosophy
     • morality
     • ethics
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   • James Dean
   • July 4, 2014

7. Usefulness of Subjective vs. Objective Categorization

   By MrLovingKindness, June 30, 2014
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   • TDB
   • July 8, 2014

8. Morality of Eternal Life?

   By abcqwerty123, June 27, 2014
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   • Bradford26
   • July 24, 2014

9. Is rhetoric and propaganda equal or worse than physical violence?

   By fractional slacker, June 24, 2014
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   • Infinite Limit
   • July 1, 2014

10. Does parents have moral obligations towards their kids?

    By SondreB, June 23, 2014   

    • FDR2182
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    • alexqr1
    • June 29, 2014

11. The virtue of revenge?

    By tiepolo, June 23, 2014
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    • MMX2010
    • June 23, 2014

12. Music and mood

    By ParaSait, June 23, 2014
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    • ribuck
    • June 23, 2014

13. Beliefs: You Choose Them Or They 'Choose' You?

    By acabobie, June 22, 2014   

    • Philosophy
    • Belief
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      • Philosophy
      • Belief
      • Choice
      • Freedom
      • Psychology
    • 21 replies
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    • jpahmad
    • July 11, 2014

14. Are human beings naturally rational?

    By jpahmad, June 22, 2014
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    • jpahmad
    • June 23, 2014

15. Homelessness and children

    By ttarre, June 22, 2014
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    • Wuzzums
    • June 22, 2014

16. Question on Morality and The NAP

    By Eudaimonic, June 22, 2014   

    • Morality
    • Non Aggression Principle
    • 6 replies
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    • Omegahero09
    • June 24, 2014

17. Succinct/Practicle UPB/Do Unto Others

    By Patrick Stephen Mangan, June 22, 2014
    • 14 replies
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    • Patrick Stephen Mangan
    • July 10, 2014

18. Fear vs Respect

    By Blackgenma, June 19, 2014   

    • Fear
    • Respect
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      • Respect
      • Spanking
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    • Tyler Durden
    • June 19, 2014

19. The anti-philosophy noise is growing

    By pipeline_mike, June 16, 2014
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    • June 19, 2014

20. Found this article on Reddit

    By pipeline_mike, June 11, 2014
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    • James Dean
    • July 8, 2014

21. against UPB

    By powder, June 10, 2014
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    • Slavik
    • June 21, 2014

22. Can a martyr really suffer?

    By TreesofNorthAmerica, June 10, 2014
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    • TreesofNorthAmerica
    • June 10, 2014

23. Is objective morality begging the question?

    By James Dean, June 5, 2014   

    • logic
    • debate
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      • morality
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    • Culain
    • June 30, 2014

24. What's the difference between RTR and NVC?

    By MysterionMuffles, June 4, 2014
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    • MysterionMuffles
    • June 4, 2014

25. Elon Musk reasoning from first principles.

    By aFireInside, June 2, 2014   

    • first principles
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    • aFireInside
    • June 2, 2014

26. Are women more cooperative than men?

    By elzoog, June 2, 2014
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    • PatrickC
    • June 2, 2014

27. Wow, the paranormal was so cool, then I got introduced to philosophy..

    By jovian, May 30, 2014   

    • logic
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      • logic
      • paranormal
      • belief
      • philosophy
      • objectivism
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    • jovian
    • June 5, 2014

28. Do concepts exist? 1 2

    By meta, May 28, 2014
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    • Kevin Beal
    • June 11, 2014

29. Is family the most powerful influence on our identity?

    By Mole, May 28, 2014   

    • Family
    • Identity
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      • Family
      • Identity
      • Childhood
      • Influence
      • Culture
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    • Mole
    • May 28, 2014

30. Has anyone read Simulacra and Simulation?

    By LandOfAus, May 26, 2014   

    • Matrix
    • books
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    • May 28, 2014

31. Could the Natzies have won the War ? (hypothetical)

    By aFireInside, May 22, 2014
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    • aFireInside
    • May 25, 2014

32. Worshipping Conditional Statements

    By AnCap AllCaps, May 22, 2014
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    • AnCap AllCaps
    • May 22, 2014

33. Refining one of Stefan's Principles

    By Bennbo, May 21, 2014
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    • Ruben Zandstra
    • May 21, 2014

34. How to deal with Name Calling

    By mjdsharks, May 20, 2014
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    • PatrickC
    • May 22, 2014

35. tautology

    By PedroNunes, May 20, 2014
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    • PedroNunes
    • May 20, 2014

36. Am I seeing this right?

    By MarkIX, May 19, 2014   

    • An-Com Property Marriage
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    • cynicist
    • May 22, 2014

37. The static world of statists

    By Clark Gorny, May 18, 2014   

    • Statism
    • Statist
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      • Statist
      • Philosophy
      • War on Drugs
      • War on Terror
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    • TDB
    • May 24, 2014

38. Define: Reason & Logic

    By abcqwerty123, May 18, 2014
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    • Pepin
    • May 19, 2014

39. Arguing over subjectivity with friends...

    By Grizwald, May 18, 2014
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    • mjdsharks
    • May 21, 2014

40. "Too Preachy"

    By MysterionMuffles, May 17, 2014
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    • MysterionMuffles
    • May 19, 2014

41. Does the word "maturity" have any philosophical value?

    By MMX2010, May 16, 2014
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    • tiepolo
    • May 17, 2014

42. At what age do we become morally responsible for our actions? 1 2

    By jpahmad, May 16, 2014
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    • jpahmad
    • May 22, 2014

43. (Yet another) Question on UPB

    By Erik_T, May 15, 2014   

    • UPB
    • 26 replies
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    • TDB
    • July 8, 2014

44. How to introduce philosophy to kids?

    By MayJud, May 15, 2014   

    • kids
    • philosophy
    • 5 replies
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    • MysterionMuffles
    • June 26, 2014

45. Abortion and self ownership

    By tiepolo, May 15, 2014
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    • Aaron727
    • May 19, 2014

46. Border/ Grey areas in the NAP application 1 2

    By alex_florida, May 11, 2014
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    • june
    • May 15, 2014

47. Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson Denounce Philosophy

    By goodbytes, May 10, 2014   

    • neil degrasse tyson
    • richard dawkins
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      • richard dawkins
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    • dsayers
    • May 12, 2014

48. Are we really free?

    By Markus FIN, May 9, 2014   

    • freedom
    • human
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      • human
      • animal
      • slavery
      • brain
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      • truth
    • 18 replies
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    • Tenko
    • October 28, 2014

49. Reason = Virtue = Happiness

    By aleles, May 7, 2014   

    • Reason
    • Virtue
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      • Reason
      • Virtue
      • Happiness
      • truth
      • validity
      • reality
    • 12 replies
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    • aleles
    • August 18, 2014

50. A concise history of black-white relations in the U.S.A.

    By Bardan, May 3, 2014
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    • tiepolo
    • May 18, 2014