Philosophy

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1. Property Rights; Concept or Ideal?

   By RichardY, October 2, 2016
   • 16 replies
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   • dsayers
   • October 12, 2016

2. Pleasantville: the prison of the mind

   By treecher, March 28, 2015
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   • treecher
   • March 29, 2015

3. An Alternate UPB

   By bugzysegal, October 22, 2015   

   • Choice
   • Voluntarism
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Choice
     • Voluntarism
     • Consciousness
     • Ethics
     • Titty sprinkles
   • 7 replies
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   • bugzysegal
   • October 26, 2015

4. Threshold for social rejection/pain

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

5. AI Systems and morality responsibility

   By njhunit, September 3, 2015   

   • AI systems
   • morality
   • (and 1 more)

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     • AI systems
     • morality
     • property
   • 7 replies
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   • john cena
   • September 16, 2015

6. Catholic Anarcho-capitalists?

   By Carlos Morales, February 23, 2013
   • 6 replies
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   • Rick Horton
   • February 25, 2013

7. Re-assessing Life, Business, and Relationships; Any Advice?

   By shnugwa, March 5, 2016   

   • self improvement
   • self knowledge
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     • self improvement
     • self knowledge
     • advice
     • relationships
     • philosophy
     • beliefs
     • how to think
     • existential crisis
     • business
     • life
   • 2 replies
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   • August Boulder
   • March 10, 2016

8. Epistemological Hierarchy

   By Donnadogsoth, October 5, 2016
   • 10 replies
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   • Donnadogsoth
   • October 27, 2016

9. Government + taxation = Yay! Individual + theft = Meh!

   By Sabras, September 27, 2015   

   • taxation
   • government
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     • taxation
     • government
     • debate
     • right or wrong
     • argument
     • help
     • Sophistry
     • First principles
     • contradiction
   • 2 replies
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   • dsayers
   • October 6, 2015

10. Fear vs Respect

    By Blackgenma, June 19, 2014   

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

11. Pink Floyd The Wall - An Analysis

    By kahvi, March 18, 2015   

    • Pink Floyd
    • music
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      • Pink Floyd
      • music
      • The Wall
    • 4 replies
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    • williamsjar
    • March 25, 2015

12. What is manipulative language?

    By Jot, February 2, 2016
    • 10 replies
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    • Bipedal Primate
    • February 5, 2016

13. Help a Skeptical Moral Nihilist?

    By LogosBronte, October 28, 2016
    • 14 replies
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    • neeeel
    • January 12, 2017

14. Ayn Rand's Gospel of Selfishness and Billionaire Empowerment is Plaguing America

    By Makalakumu, February 10, 2013
    • 4 replies
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    • LFReasons
    • February 13, 2013

15. Is the Argument from Morality just an instance of the Argument from Effect?

    By John Sambrook, June 7, 2016
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    • Des
    • June 21, 2016

16. The Contrarian Principle

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

17. Potential rights and abortion

    By tiepolo, April 28, 2014
    • 10 replies
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    • DanielB
    • May 9, 2014

18. NAP: Is the initiation of Force Limited to Physical Force?

    By Tree Frog, August 3, 2014   

    • NAP
    • 6 replies
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    • june
    • August 6, 2014

19. Had a voice debate with caller [Requesting Feedback]

    By Thomas-Jefferson, July 18, 2015   

    • Voice
    • Debate
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    • Slavik
    • July 18, 2015

20. Inflexible Logic

    By Ravate, November 19, 2014
    • 16 replies
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    • Level_One
    • January 17, 2015

21. Bible "out of context"

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

22. voting and the social contract

    By petermiller1986, June 12, 2013
    • 7 replies
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    • petermiller1986
    • June 13, 2013

23. "Anti-Concepts"

    By WasatchMan, February 22, 2015   

    • anti-concept
    • package-deal
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      • package-deal
      • Ayn Rand
      • smearing
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    • guitarstring87
    • March 8, 2015

24. UN’s $5.7B anti-poverty program produces poor results

    By Alan C., January 15, 2013
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    • Alan C.
    • January 15, 2013

25. The Glossary of Virtue

    By MysterionMuffles, February 20, 2015
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    • Alice Amell
    • March 26, 2015

26. What do you think comes after this life?

    By Grizwald, July 20, 2014
    • 13 replies
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    • J. D. Stembal
    • July 23, 2014

27. Existence

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

28. Symbols

    By BaylorPRSer, July 2, 2015
    • 9 replies
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    • utopian
    • August 10, 2015

29. Ipse dixit (because he said so)

    By FreedomPhilosophy, October 5, 2014   

    • philosophy
    • fallacies
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • LovePrevails
    • October 9, 2014

30. The (apparent) Rationalist Delusion in Moral Psychology - Jonathan Haidt

    By LovePrevails, November 21, 2015
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    • bugzysegal
    • December 3, 2015

31. Refute my statement

    By Mark Carolus, November 19, 2013
    • 16 replies
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    • Livemike
    • December 2, 2013

32. The Backfire Effect

    By Mister Mister, December 11, 2015
    • 9 replies
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    • A4E
    • December 12, 2015

33. MRAs

    By vivosmith, November 2, 2013
    • 18 replies
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    • PatrickC
    • December 18, 2013

34. The static world of statists

    By Clark Gorny, May 18, 2014   

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

35. Why do so many people live life in lies?

    By utopian, October 11, 2015
    • 13 replies
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    • dsayers
    • October 17, 2015

36. Rehabilitating Very Violent People (not always a lost cause)

    By LovePrevails, August 10, 2013
    • 22 replies
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    • STer
    • August 20, 2013

37. We get £17,680 a year in benefits...why work?

    By Alan C., January 28, 2013
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    • SimonF
    • January 28, 2013

38. Entertainment in a free society

    By Nick Coons, January 12, 2015   

    • entertainment
    • 9 replies
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    • Matt Zeeie
    • February 7, 2015

39. Blood from a stone?

    By DoubtingThomas, June 29, 2013
    • 19 replies
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    • DoubtingThomas
    • July 4, 2013

40. Validity of IQ

    By Alice Amell, March 25, 2015
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    • thelion
    • March 30, 2015

41. Is free healthcare a human right?

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

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

    By WarTrek, February 12, 2014   

    • Happiness
    • Aristotle
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      • Happiness
      • Aristotle
      • Happy
      • Motivation
      • Desire
    • 11 replies
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    • WarTrek
    • February 14, 2014

43. Alphas and Betas

    By Josh F, December 3, 2013
    • 9 replies
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    • Josh F
    • December 16, 2013

44. privilege?

    By SimonF, April 3, 2013
    • 8 replies
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    • AdamC
    • April 27, 2013

45. 8-Bit Philosophy - Do we crave fascism?

    By Eh Steve, May 4, 2015
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    • green banana
    • May 17, 2015

46. "I did this for you." Is there such a thing ?

    By aFireInside, December 18, 2013
    • 19 replies
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    • dsayers
    • January 4, 2014

47. The falsifiability of Respect

    By FriendlyHacker, January 5, 2015
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    • endostate
    • January 9, 2015

48. Everybody is Normal Until You Get to Know Them

    By MysterionMuffles, December 13, 2013
    • 16 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • MysterionMuffles
    • December 24, 2013

49. Are you a Slave?

    By KidBlondie, December 20, 2014   

    • democracy
    • slavery
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      • democracy
      • slavery
      • slave
    • 5 replies
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    • entropyanndroid
    • December 27, 2014

50. To be Right or Consistent?

    By harbinger truth, August 9, 2013   

    • truth
    • consitantent
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      • truth
      • consitantent
      • consistency
    • 5 replies
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    • TDB
    • August 18, 2013