the Trolley Dilemma — Copernicus

Since the intention is to save five, not to kill one, then in this case the utilitarian solution is the same as the deontological one.

Problem solved.

... it was rhetorical in the sense that i do not believe it, or think it's possible. Christian fundamentalists are not the only people who evoke a morality that "should" apply to strangers, and it's pretty much impossible to avoid talking about the scope of moral ideas when trying to lay a code of ethics or impose "right and wrong". — ProtagoranSocratist

What's wrong with saying that moral truths exist independently of human opinion.

It seems to me that there are moral facts (e.g., “torturing children for fun is wrong”) that are true regardless of what anyone thinks.

Am I literally the only person left on earth who thinks it is going to be awesome?

incontinence of the void

Erm ... what?

Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

Beings are not separate from being, and being is not separate from beings. Sure, we can draw a conceptual distinction between being and beings, but it doesn't seem to follow that being can be without beings or that beings can be without being. — Janus

They are separate in the same sense that a true fact, 2+2=4, is "separate from" truth.

if god is being itself, and there is no real separation (as opposed to conceptual distinction) between being and beings then there is no separation between god and nature. — Janus

“That which exists is not the same as existence itself.” (ST I, q.3, a.4)

In fact MMA is much safer than boxing.

In boxing you have the repeated blows to the head resulting in long term brain injury.

The "punch-drunk" syndrome.

In boxing the primary target is the head.

Boxers sustain hundreds of sub-concussive blows per fight and in training.

In MMA you have a single blow to the head instead of multiple repeated blows.