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1. Pink Floyd The Wall - An Analysis

   By kahvi, March 18, 2015   

   • Pink Floyd
   • music
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   • williamsjar
   • March 25, 2015

2. Pleasantville: the prison of the mind

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

3. Determinism vs Indeterminism (cause and affect)

   By free-b, April 21, 2015
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   • Mister Mister
   • September 13, 2015

4. There is not and there is Free Will

   By Victor, February 6, 2013
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   • LFReasons
   • February 11, 2013

5. How does UPB Work?

   By vforvoluntary, January 6, 2016
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   • shirgall
   • January 6, 2016

6. Found this article on Reddit

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

7. 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

8. Universally Preferable Behavior in a Role Playing Game

   By DavidFoxfire, February 18, 2018   

   • upb
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   • DavidFoxfire
   • April 1, 2018

9. voting and the social contract

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

10. To be Right or Consistent?

    By harbinger truth, August 9, 2013   

    • truth
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    • TDB
    • August 18, 2013

11. The Secret About Nitpickers: What Stefan Doesn't Know

    By ClearConscience, March 26, 2016
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    • Cesco
    • April 1, 2016

12. Are you a Slave?

    By KidBlondie, December 20, 2014   

    • democracy
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    • entropyanndroid
    • December 27, 2014

13. Recovering from the false self.

    By Wesley B, September 30, 2014
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    • Heam
    • October 6, 2014

14. At what point does pollution constitute aggression?

    By vforvoluntary, January 20, 2016
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    • jason_
    • January 21, 2016

15. The Senses as necessarially valid.

    By Zelenn, July 28, 2015
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    • ProfessionalTeabagger
    • August 4, 2015

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

    By shnugwa, March 5, 2016   

    • self improvement
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    • August Boulder
    • March 10, 2016

17. a man walks in front of a bus...

    By dsayers, January 23, 2014
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    • cab21
    • January 28, 2014

18. Omniscience

    By MahtiSonni, September 24, 2018   

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    • MahtiSonni
    • October 1, 2018

19. Initiation of force

    By Boss, March 2, 2016
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    • ProfessionalTeabagger
    • March 3, 2016

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

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

21. Just got a Bible question

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

22. Real Apologies and Regrets

    By MysterionMuffles, August 26, 2014
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    • MysterionMuffles
    • September 21, 2014

23. [Communication] indicators of opinion are near useless to the rational.

    By Magnetic Synthesizer, September 4, 2015
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    • Magnetic Synthesizer
    • September 8, 2015

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

    By Sabras, September 27, 2015   

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    • dsayers
    • October 6, 2015

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

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

26. An inherent flaw in morality?

    By utopian, March 23, 2016
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    • vahleeb
    • April 2, 2016

27. is there a moral obligation?

    By dsayers, April 2, 2014
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    • cynicist
    • April 3, 2014

28. upb Rebuttal to 557 regarding the legitimacy of "the golden rule"

    By soared4truth, December 16, 2017   

    • morality
    • golden rule
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    • Troubador
    • March 10, 2018

29. Why Libertarianism and "the free market" will not work

    By Mark Carolus, February 2, 2014
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    • Mike Fleming
    • February 5, 2014

30. A square circle - 20 sec video "proof"! (optical illusion)

    By Souleye, February 16, 2015   

    • Square circle
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    • Souleye
    • February 17, 2015

31. Fallacy fallacy fallacy?

    By NigelW, August 6, 2014
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    • DrTruthiness
    • August 9, 2014

32. An ex nihilo derivation of existence ...

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

33. Plants, animals, land and vulnerable humans

    By Philosphorous, April 29, 2014   

    • state
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    • cobra2411
    • April 29, 2014

34. Ipse dixit (because he said so)

    By FreedomPhilosophy, October 5, 2014   

    • philosophy
    • fallacies
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    • LovePrevails
    • October 9, 2014

35. Teen calls cops on own parents for marijuana

    By Alan C., January 28, 2013
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    • Dibble
    • January 30, 2013

36. The nature of evil

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

37. Hilarious - New-Age Bull**** Generator

    By zek, September 11, 2016   

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    • Wuzzums
    • September 11, 2016

38. The difference between physical force and violence

    By The white Rhino, February 5, 2017
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    • Rventurelli
    • February 17, 2017

39. A Soldier's Quandary

    By rvd1981, January 25, 2014
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    • Wuzzums
    • January 27, 2014

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

    By Thomas-Jefferson, July 18, 2015   

    • Voice
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    • Slavik
    • July 18, 2015

41. Freud

    By Koroviev, July 4, 2015
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    • Koroviev
    • September 1, 2015

42. the NAP, coercive force, physical force

    By SWMA, April 19, 2015
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    • TheRobin
    • May 3, 2015

43. Terror management theory

    By StylesGrant, July 25, 2014
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    • StylesGrant
    • July 25, 2014

44. Oughts are derived from the effects of is'

    By JSRS01, July 10, 2013
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    • Pepin
    • December 19, 2013

45. "Anti-Concepts"

    By WasatchMan, February 22, 2015   

    • anti-concept
    • package-deal
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    • guitarstring87
    • March 8, 2015

46. Self Ownership and ethics

    By alexqr1, January 8, 2014
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    • dsayers
    • January 18, 2014

47. atlas shrugged chapter 1, james vs dagny

    By cab21, February 19, 2014
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    • Malovane
    • February 25, 2014

48. Family Language and Property

    By NigelW, August 1, 2014
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    • NigelW
    • August 2, 2014

49. Logic, Science, and Probability

    By BenjaminRVA, August 24, 2015
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    • BenjaminRVA
    • September 17, 2015

50. The philosophical placebo

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