We always try to gauge what we deserve and what others deserve — TiredThinker
Fortune Favors the prepared mind. — Louis Pasteur
Fortune Favors the bold. — Some Guy
We always try to gauge what we deserve and what others deserve, but how is any such thing measured objectively? — TiredThinker
Who are they? And if they can't avoid it? What does it mean?Only if they can't avoid it. — 180 Proof
Who are they? And if they can't avoid it? What does it mean? — L'éléphant
:fire: :cool:"Deserves got nothing to do with it." William Muny. — James Riley
Nobody deserves anything. :mask: — 180 Proof
Nobody deserves anything. :mask:
— 180 Proof
:lol: :up: We're all a bunch of underseving lucky/unlucky bastards & bitches. — Agent Smith
This is a recipe for irresponsibility and social collapse, much favoured by philosophers, and promulgated by the rich. — unenlightened
Indeed it doesn't. Neither does it make it even truth-apt. The decision is not between true and false here, but between forms of life. The red pill and the blue pill are both part of the same cinematic fiction. If good and evil are fictions, then the truth has no value either. — unenlightened
If good and evil are fictions, then the truth has no value either. — unenlightened
I disagree. — James Riley
If there are no values, there is no value to truth, and never mind the bollocks of object and subject. — unenlightened
If you think it is an arbitrary distinction that is a matter of preference, you are as wrong — unenlightened
Just because I don't share your values doesn't mean I don't have any. — James Riley
I have no reason to believe you. and nothing more to say. — unenlightened
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