hat's just another way of saying there is no actual goodness and badness; because you defined it as whatever suits a person's own non-objective dispositions. — Bob Ross
My biggest complaint is not that you are siding with moral anti-realism, but that the OP wants to know where to start — Bob Ross
Did you notice that when you bugged out from Afghanistan, the ally of yours collapsed immediately after you directly negotiated with your Islamist enemies without them? — ssu
This Trump-Biden cop out made Putin to think you wouldn't react much if he attempted a takeover Ukraine — ssu
Hence if you push for a similar "peace" that is very unfavorable for Ukraine, just like you did with North Vietnam and the Taleban (without caring much about South Vietnam or Afghanistan), then you embolden Russia, China and North Korea.
Hope you understand the logic. — ssu
As an atheist by practice and agnostic by believe how can I define whats good from evil?
I have had this question for a long time, but only recently that I gave it serious thought. So I decide to build my own set of rules and values, this is my first attempt and I will need your help, so where should I begin? What question should I make? — Matias Isoo
If the world is mind-created, why is there so much misery in the world?
— frank
Because of ignorance, of not seeing what is real, and being attached to what is unreal. And that goes for me as much as anyone else. — Wayfarer
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that Washington would face a "dire threat" from China, Iran, and North Korea if Ukraine is forced to accept an unfavorable peace deal, the Financial Times reported on Dec. 2.
Potentially, yes. Trump thinks about things very transactionally. He wants to "win" any deal. — Count Timothy von Icarus
He did express pleasure in seeing new places. But the question of feeling compelled to move is the question raised above regarding opinions unpopular with those with power. — Paine
Is that a fact or an opinion? Evidence? — Fooloso4
The objective is to simply weaken the US and European ties, — ssu
Wouldn't the Church consider this heresy? — Fooloso4
Rather than reform the Church he attempts to reform man, — Fooloso4
I'd disagree with that. Putin isn't under the thumb of Xi. Just look at how many times the Russians have disappointed Xi with their wars. — ssu
First of all, when Putin says that he's at war with NATO, you really shouldn't underestimate this. — ssu
But Descartes' concern was not simply personal. It was to displace the authority of the Church from the mind of the thinking man, — Fooloso4
to displace the authority of the Church with the authority of the thinking/reasoning subject. — Fooloso4
How else would you say “disunity”? What other word carries similar implication? — Mww
….or, we always were, and must necessarily be. — Mww
Is there an answer that doesn’t just invite another question?
Comprehension needs to be bestowed on something representing a particular accomplishment, iff one wishes to express himself in regard to it. The cognitive system, in and of itself, in its normal modus operandi, doesn’t require it, insofar as it just IS it. — Mww
but moreso that upon which the comprehension is bestowed. — Mww
That consciousness of mine that proves that I am, insofar as its negation is a contradiction, says nothing at all about what I am. — Mww
Of course, subsidies don't help much when the company supplying and maintaining your solar panels goes broke. — Agree-to-Disagree
That being said I don't think Trump would care about that. — Mr Bee
They'll still be hurt regardless. Whatever will be made in the US will be more expensive and retailers will have to bear that cost or make prices higher. So even in the case where tariffs will bring back US jobs the inflationary effects will be permanent. — Mr Bee
The timeframe that's been thrown around is a decade. You can't just simply rebuild entire supply chains in a couple of years, one with the connections and an experienced workforce, especially if a good chunk of that workforce is gonna be deported. — Mr Bee
But if you think Trump should impose these massive tariffs permanently and that the economy and prices would somehow work itself out before the midterms or the next presidential election, that's fine by me — Mr Bee
A lot of those businesses rely on imports and they're the ones who have to pay for the tariffs. — Mr Bee
As for manufacturing, it's not clear 25% tariffs will be enough to encourage investment in US production but assuming it is, it'll take at least a decade before those supply chains are built — Mr Bee
Yeah. I wasn't gonna say that. Might be time for a check up for some. — Banno
Trouble is distinguishing what we know from what we just believe. The difference is truth. — Banno
I'm pretty confident it isn't. — Banno
Did you have any success entering lucid dreaming states? — Janus
I was sucked into a kind of deathly vortex which seemed to be a state of paralysis between waking and sleep — Janus