Philosophy

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1. Core point of view test. 1 question poll (anonymous)

   By A4E, April 13, 2016
   • 15 replies
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   • EclecticIdealist
   • April 26, 2016

2. Stef's wager (free will)

   By Mole, November 26, 2017   

   • free will
   • determinism
   • (and 8 more)

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     • free will
     • determinism
     • morality
     • reason
     • rationality
     • philosophy
     • human nature
     • stefan
     • psychology
     • epistemology
   • 21 replies
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   • RichardY
   • December 21, 2017

3. 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

4. What is manipulative language?

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

5. An ex nihilo derivation of existence ...

   By EBTX, March 17, 2014
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   • dnil
   • March 26, 2014

6. Help a Skeptical Moral Nihilist?

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

7. Pleasantville: the prison of the mind

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. The Glossary of Virtue

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

11. Threshold for social rejection/pain

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

12. Blood from a stone?

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

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

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

14. Catholic Anarcho-capitalists?

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

15. Pink Floyd The Wall - An Analysis

    By kahvi, March 18, 2015   

    • Pink Floyd
    • music
    • (and 1 more)

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

16. Potential rights and abortion

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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Bible "out of context"

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

20. The Contrarian Principle

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

21. Existence

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

22. Inflexible Logic

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

23. Symbols

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

24. Jordan Peterson's defense of free speech, what gives?

    By lorry, January 23, 2018
    • 29 replies
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    • eschiedler
    • March 7, 2018

25. 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

26. MRAs

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

27. Everybody is Normal Until You Get to Know Them

    By MysterionMuffles, December 13, 2013
    • 16 replies
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    • MysterionMuffles
    • December 24, 2013

28. Refute my statement

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

29. 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

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

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

31. "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

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

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

33. The Backfire Effect

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

34. Validity of IQ

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

35. privilege?

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

36. 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

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

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

38. Morality is to Ethics...

    By D-Light, November 18, 2016
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    • virtue
    • December 1, 2016

39. Emotions

    By Gar, October 10, 2013
    • 16 replies
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    • Pepin
    • December 30, 2013

40. Entertainment in a free society

    By Nick Coons, January 12, 2015   

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

41. voting and the social contract

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

42. Is free healthcare a human right?

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

43. Alphas and Betas

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

44. 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

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

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

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

    By Thomas-Jefferson, July 18, 2015   

    • Voice
    • Debate
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Voice
      • Debate
      • Feedback
    • 1 reply
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    • Slavik
    • July 18, 2015

47. The Prime Directive

    By flazak, April 24, 2016
    • 13 replies
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    • Lars
    • April 29, 2016

48. "Anti-Concepts"

    By WasatchMan, February 22, 2015   

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

49. Drowning Child Example

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

50. UPB - A Scientific Approach to Evaluating Moral Propositions

    By EclecticIdealist, April 27, 2016
    • 18 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • EclecticIdealist
    • May 8, 2016