Philosophy

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

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

2. 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

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

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

4. morality of how we treat the dead.

   By cab21, July 21, 2015
   • 8 replies
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   • cab21
   • July 24, 2015

5. Neo-aboriginalism vs. Transhumanism

   By StylesGrant, July 24, 2014   

   • anarcho-primivitism
   • primivitism
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • anarcho-primivitism
     • primivitism
     • Transhumanism
     • origin of man
   • 7 replies
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   • StylesGrant
   • July 27, 2014

6. MRAs

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

7. What is manipulative language?

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

8. Help a Skeptical Moral Nihilist?

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

9. Emotions

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

10. Existence

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

11. What of Truth and Evidence?

    By Iggy, March 25, 2014   

    • anecdote
    • reality
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      • anecdote
      • reality
      • evidence
      • scientific
      • scientific method
    • 4 replies
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    • Iggy
    • March 27, 2014

12. Everybody is Normal Until You Get to Know Them

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

13. The Prime Directive

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

14. Symbols

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

15. Inflexible Logic

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

16. Going back to the basics - Question

    By NigelW, February 28, 2014
    • 27 replies
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    • NigelW
    • April 15, 2014

17. Potential rights and abortion

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

18. "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

19. An Alternate UPB

    By bugzysegal, October 22, 2015   

    • Choice
    • Voluntarism
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

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

20. Refute my statement

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

21. The Nature of Being and Substance Theory.

    By RichardY, April 20, 2017
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    • RichardY
    • May 21, 2017

22. Bible "out of context"

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

23. Help with Ayn Rand's metaphysics.

    By Sebastian Lundh, March 9, 2014   

    • metaphysics
    • axiom of existence
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      Tagged with:

      • metaphysics
      • axiom of existence
      • existence axiom
      • existence
      • ayn rand
      • objectivism
      • truth
      • epistemology
    • 3 replies
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    • cynicist
    • March 13, 2014

24. UPB - A Scientific Approach to Evaluating Moral Propositions

    By EclecticIdealist, April 27, 2016
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    • EclecticIdealist
    • May 8, 2016

25. How to deal with Name Calling

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

26. Threshold for social rejection/pain

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

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

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

28. Drowning Child Example

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

29. The accuracy of the senses

    By rosencrantz, July 11, 2016
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    • thebeardslastcall
    • July 14, 2016

30. Alphas and Betas

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

31. Validity of IQ

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

32. "why are you so unreasonable"

    By cab21, February 25, 2014
    • 15 replies
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    • Kevin Beal
    • February 26, 2014

33. Animal Abuse

    By Philosphorous, March 20, 2014
    • 18 replies
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    • PatrickC
    • April 17, 2014

34. The Morality Uncertainty Principle

    By Will Torbald, January 8, 2016   

    • morality
    • nap
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • morality
      • nap
      • justice
      • ethics
    • 2 replies
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    • Will Torbald
    • January 9, 2016

35. Entertainment in a free society

    By Nick Coons, January 12, 2015   

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

36. The Backfire Effect

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

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

    By WarTrek, February 12, 2014   

    • Happiness
    • Aristotle
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      Tagged with:

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

38. 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

39. AI Systems and morality responsibility

    By njhunit, September 3, 2015   

    • AI systems
    • morality
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      Tagged with:

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

40. West Point center cites dangers of ‘far right’ in U.S.

    By Alan C., January 18, 2013
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    • Dylan Lawrence Moore
    • January 22, 2013

41. Pleasantville: the prison of the mind

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

42. Catholic Anarcho-capitalists?

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

43. Winning & Losing

    By jpahmad, April 9, 2014
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    • jpahmad
    • April 11, 2014

44. What is the "Standard of Value" for UPB?

    By John Sambrook, May 25, 2016
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    • John Sambrook
    • May 30, 2016

45. The Contrarian Principle

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

46. Fear vs Respect

    By Blackgenma, June 19, 2014   

    • Fear
    • Respect
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

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

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

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

48. 8-Bit Philosophy - Do we crave fascism?

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

49. The concept of Alphas and Betas in humans AND wolves is incorrect.

    By NameName, August 30, 2014
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    • luxfelix
    • September 6, 2014

50. Is free healthcare a human right?

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