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That's the scholastic definition, which cant be found in the Bible.
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This is one explanation. The other one is that you are confused and that your method of delivering your message is poor.
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Indeed, I read the book too. But as far as I am aware doesn't claim that the higher meaning has to be supernatural.
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Let me take you to a trip to a children's cancer station.
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Is Feudalism a form of Anarchism?
ofd replied to Saarang Sahasrabudhe's topic in Libertarianism, Anarchism and Economics
Historically, situations of anarchy lead to feudal systems. These may be permanent or be overthrown for other political systems. -
- The Korean War - The relocation of big industrisal companies from Eastern Germany / Prussia to Western Germany - Unions and big companies working together - The industrial capacity itself wasn't as effected as the residential destricts - The US industry had a major advantage when it came to productivity. The rapid growth is largely the catching up process to American standards.
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The same as for most other biological phenomena: passing your genes on to the next generation. The mental representation of the world and our understanding of it has to be good enough to achieve that. Anything more than that is an icing on the cake, to be frank.
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GOP Tax Bill Not so Great for Business Owners
ofd replied to Dylan Lawrence Moore's topic in Current Events
Only if the money created reaches consumers. If it doesn't, printing money can have deflationary effects, if it is used to support zombie banks that would implode if not for the additional money. -
Libertarians for Trump? and.. the immigration debate.
ofd replied to jrodefeld's topic in Current Events
Ask Midwestern people about that That'a big if. Furthermore, drug gangs don't care that much about employments or sponsorship. -
GOP Tax Bill Not so Great for Business Owners
ofd replied to Dylan Lawrence Moore's topic in Current Events
To put this in other words: why didnt't the massive 'money printing' in Japan during the lost decade lead to a hyperinflation? Why did it have deflationary aspects? -
Libertarians for Trump? and.. the immigration debate.
ofd replied to jrodefeld's topic in Current Events
How does that follow? The average IQ of Somalis is about 68, close to retardation. Why is it rational to check a group of 100 people, only to find out that 2 or 3 can function in a modern western society? -
3953 The Immigration Debate | Adam Kokesh and Stefan Molyneux
ofd replied to n25an's topic in General Messages
How is that related to tresspassing? -
There are two kinds of investments you can make with money: a) in tangible products or b) in speculation. Every bubble that burst was because some bubble burst, be it in the stock market, housing, tulips or god knows what else. Speculation starts with hedge finance, becomes speculative and turns into a Ponzi. By then, the system has become so unstable that essentially any small negative change may let it implode.
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3953 The Immigration Debate | Adam Kokesh and Stefan Molyneux
ofd replied to n25an's topic in General Messages
They tresspassed public land without the consent of the government. -
3953 The Immigration Debate | Adam Kokesh and Stefan Molyneux
ofd replied to n25an's topic in General Messages
Tresspassing is both illegal and immoral. Nope. There are four sorts of actions: illegal moral, illegal immoral, legal moral, and legal immoral. No need to worry. -
The Nature of Human Intelligence (Sternberg, 2018)
ofd replied to richardbaxter's topic in Reviews & Recommendations
What is the argument? -
upb Rebuttal to 557 regarding the legitimacy of "the golden rule"
ofd replied to soared4truth's topic in Philosophy
Tit for tat with the benefit of doubt is considered to be the best game theoretical strategy. -
3953 The Immigration Debate | Adam Kokesh and Stefan Molyneux
ofd replied to n25an's topic in General Messages
What else was different 50 years ago? -
3953 The Immigration Debate | Adam Kokesh and Stefan Molyneux
ofd replied to n25an's topic in General Messages
Illegal immigration is an immoral action in itself. Realistically, there are four options: a) A heterogeneous society with an heterogeneous ideology (Brazil, current state of the US) b) A heterogeneous society with an homogeneous ideology (the civ nat conception) c) A homogeneous society with an heterogeneous ideology (the West before immigration) d) A homogeneous society with an homogeneous ideology (the Nazbol ideology) a) is what we have right now. Doesn't work, can be discarded. d) requires massive amounts of state force and causes untold number of deaths The real question is if b) or c) are to preferred and which is easier to achieve. At a first glance, b) seems to be real attractive. You have a mix of people, united under a common narrative (American Dream). However, if you take biology into account, you will notice that this can't work, unless you use force to make sure everyone follows the ideology and the people that live in your country are able to understand abstract principles and that they are willing to adher to them. Given the United States' large number of African Americans and Hispanics this is nearly impossible. This leaves c) as the only viable option for the West. -
The first modern Western Conception of Natural Law was formulated by Hugo Grotius.
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Drive them to a barrio and ask them if the whole country should look like that.
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Y'all should read some Jonathan Haidt. He shows that moral judgments come intellectual argumens for the judgment are post hoc rationalisations.
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Another year, another sponsored colored Revolution, after the one in '08 failed. A short glimpse at Iran's interactions with the West should tell you that the West should keep the fuck out. Iranians haven't forgotten that the West supported Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War against the Iran which lead to hundreds of Thousands of deaths on the Iranian side.
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You can reformulate it to match real life events. It is moral to export food when the country you live in suffers from a bad famine? Is it moral to make booze out of wheat when there is famine going on?