Philosophy

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1. The Non-Aggression Principle is a Subjective Preference

   By masonman, June 28, 2013
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   • RestoringGuy
   • July 3, 2013

2. The Principle of Self-Ownership and Natural Rights.

   By Camel Glasses, September 18, 2013
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   • Bert
   • October 10, 2013

3. Threshold for social rejection/pain

   By gwho, September 28, 2013
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   • SBRFS
   • October 7, 2013

4. Now this is the philosophy of beauty right here

   By Guest - Josh -, October 16, 2013
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   • STer
   • October 17, 2013

5. Couple ethical questions that have been bugging me.

   By strat, October 24, 2013
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   • wdiaz03
   • October 27, 2013

6. The Perils of Perfect Knowledge

   By Lians, December 31, 2013
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   • dsayers
   • January 4, 2014

7. NAP and the Socratic Method

   By Misesian, January 16, 2014
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   • ribuck
   • January 22, 2014

8. have a child = positive obligation to it?

   By dsayers, February 14, 2014
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   • Daniel Unplugged
   • February 18, 2014

9. What do you think of Kant's categorical imperative?

   By labmath2, April 13, 2014
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   • greekredemption
   • April 16, 2014

10. Reason = Virtue = Happiness

    By aleles, May 7, 2014   

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

11. Found this article on Reddit

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

12. The nature of evil

    By Ken Cotton, November 11, 2014
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    • Ken Cotton
    • November 12, 2014

13. The philosophical placebo

    By FriendlyHacker, December 2, 2014
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    • J. D. Stembal
    • December 3, 2014

14. Land ownership versus self-ownership

    By square4, May 4, 2015   

    • ethics
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    • Nathan Metric
    • May 10, 2015

15. How should we introduce what we "believe" in?

    By Armitage, December 16, 2015   

    • philosophy
    • ideology
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      • ideology
      • argument
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    • shirgall
    • February 24, 2016

16. Can you break Hume's law with an "if-then" statement?

    By Shaeroden, January 3, 2016
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    • ThomasTheIdealist
    • February 24, 2016

17. Why is the word "Liberalism" being conflated with "Egalitarianism" in America?

    By Arsene, May 16, 2016
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    • AnarchoNEET
    • May 21, 2016

18. Is "People should be governed" a self-contradicting statement?

    By crafn, July 3, 2016
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    • dsayers
    • July 6, 2016

19. Contradicting one's philosophy

    By junglecat, August 19, 2016   

    • contradiction philosophy
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    • Matthew Ed Moran
    • August 24, 2016

20. Drowning Child Example

    By LovePrevails, September 19, 2016
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    • Boss
    • October 15, 2016

21. why rationality is not the right method to approaching reality, and results based thinking

    By cassidy408, October 21, 2016
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    • Mister Mister
    • October 25, 2016

22. Sophistry; powerful tool or a step into the dark side?

    By JDMTheGreat, March 28, 2018
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    • Will 001
    • April 5, 2018

23. Just got a Bible question

    By Wayne, March 12, 2013
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    • Zangetshumody
    • March 15, 2013

24. The Contrarian Principle

    By Indefiance, May 16, 2013
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    • WhoBobWhatPants
    • May 20, 2013

25. Is free healthcare a human right?

    By dveb8886, July 10, 2013
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    • RestoringGuy
    • August 4, 2013

26. Help with argumentation about murder being immoral

    By Ruppert9, July 12, 2013
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    • Pepin
    • July 18, 2013

27. How to actually talk to feminists

    By LovePrevails, November 10, 2013
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    • Psychophant
    • October 2, 2014

28. British Kids get Regurgitation where there was once Philosophy

    By LovePrevails, February 1, 2014
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    • LovePrevails
    • February 23, 2014

29. Why do we do things that make us happy?

    By WarTrek, February 12, 2014   

    • Happiness
    • Aristotle
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      • Aristotle
      • Happy
      • Motivation
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    • WarTrek
    • February 14, 2014

30. Existence

    By TonyG666, March 16, 2014
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    • Mike Fleming
    • March 23, 2014

31. Whats the point of being a libertarian if...

    By aFireInside, March 25, 2014
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    • Pepin
    • April 1, 2014

32. "Think Like Somebody's Listening"

    By MysterionMuffles, April 22, 2014
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    • MysterionMuffles
    • April 25, 2014

33. "Too Preachy"

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

34. Stephen Hawking tells Google ‘philosophy is dead’

    By Ashton, July 28, 2014
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    • AncapFTW
    • March 9, 2015

35. Steph gets meme'd by a blogger, Looking for Logical Analysis/Comments

    By Trivium_method_man, August 8, 2014   

    • Logic
    • Fallacy
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      • Fallacy
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    • DCLugi
    • August 16, 2014

36. First principles

    By sdavio, January 19, 2015
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    • luxfelix
    • February 2, 2015

37. Is Generosity Altruistic or Selfish?

    By MysterionMuffles, April 2, 2015
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    • Libertus
    • April 23, 2015

38. Logical problems with UPB

    By kenshikenji, May 13, 2015
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    • SamuelS
    • May 24, 2015

39. Is "not being bad" enough to be "good"?

    By Will Torbald, September 24, 2015   

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    • bugzysegal
    • September 28, 2015

40. Mathematical aid for UPB-based ethics

    By crafn, March 14, 2016
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    • crafn
    • March 18, 2016

41. Trigger warnings?

    By cab21, November 10, 2016
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    • AshW8
    • April 24, 2017

42. What is goodness?

    By Mole, January 24, 2017   

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    • ethics
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    • Siegfried von Walheim
    • January 29, 2017

43. Help with a debate - IQ and Race article

    By g0at, October 9, 2017
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    • ofd
    • October 17, 2017

44. Stef the Hypocrite

    By Typho0n, November 22, 2017
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    • HenryJubeda
    • March 9, 2018

45. Is human existence linear?

    By barn, June 25, 2018   

    • linear timeline(s)
    • memories
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    • neeeel
    • July 28, 2018

46. Instinct as evidence

    By GeorgeW, July 22, 2018   

    • evidence
    • instinct
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    • barn
    • August 4, 2018

47. All is objective. Subjective is just another word for individual privacy.

    By Alexander Houchens, January 19, 2013
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    • SaintElsewhere
    • February 18, 2013

48. Should libertarians consider Rene Girard? [Introduction to Rene Girard]

    By batou, April 1, 2013
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    • Brandon Buck _BB_
    • April 26, 2013

49. Bible "out of context"

    By carlip, May 29, 2013
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    • Brandon Buck _BB_
    • June 6, 2013

50. What is beauty? Can beauty be objective?

    By aFireInside, October 1, 2013   

    • beauty
    • Can beauty be objective?
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    • HasMat
    • December 18, 2013