Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Shades of Abu Ghraib- the fateful choices we make in life
I ran across a chilling sociological study that may give some insights to the prisoner abuse committed by Americans in Iraq. In 1971, psychologist Philip Zimbardo conducted a test. He paid $15 a day to 24 well-adjusted male college students, to have them play the roles of prisoners or guards in a...
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Saturday, June 26, 2004
Do you behave like a Human Being or a Hereford Cow?
Philosophical thoughts on Iraq, and now Sudan..... Humans share intelligence and moral values, animals do not. Why do extremist liberal democrats think more like grass-eating animals than human beings? When our fellow humans are attacked on a large scale ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, we should leap at the...
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Sunday, February 15, 2004
I have been neglecting this topic lately
But if anyone is interested, I have started a new blog called The Armed Citizen--Best Guardian of Justice. It is based on the philosophy written here. It is the most effective, practical, real-world application of the philosophy written here. So you might want to check it out.
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Monday, January 19, 2004
The Poker Game of Life-- A response to BrWiSk
This is a response to BrWiSk (Brent) in our ongoing discussion of evil/pacifism/goodness, which I thought warranted a new post. My compliments to Brent, for inspiring me to entirely new tangents of thought. To see the background of this discussion, well, you will just have to find it for yourself,...
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Saturday, December 20, 2003
Take a Pass on Pacifism, that wishful thinking of peaceniks
Pacifists come in three general varieties. Political, religious, and philosophical. Since politics and religion are just forms of applied philosophy, I will limit my attack to philosophy. In the stacks of philosophical literature concerning evil, written by the most learned men and women, there is a...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003
"Philosophy for the Serious Heretic" Book Announcement.........
Time for a shameless plug for myself. If you like what I've written on the BN, you should like this book. 50-60% of what I've written here is either from, or based on, the book. I got it published last year, but I was working on it slowly for 30 years before that. It has over 500 pages, so what you...
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Saturday, December 6, 2003
A Natural Moral Imperative for the Real World
He who would accomplish little need sacrifice little; He who would achieve much must sacrifice much. -- James Allen, As A Man Thinketh Just as prevalent modern philosophy and even common sense tells us, moral certainty cannot be achieved through a set of specific moral rules concerning behavior. As...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2003
To Lie or not to Lie, THAT is the Question
THE PHILOSOPHY OF FALSEHOOD The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying. -- T. H. Huxley, Science and Morals There are times when lying is the most sacred of duties. --Eugene Labiche, 1815-1888 A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent....
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Saturday, November 8, 2003
The Golden Axe
Things are way too intense around here, and I have been a big contributor to that. So it is time for a joke! Here is a good one I got from a friend of mine: The Golden Axe OR Why Men Lie One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river, his axe fell into the river. When he...
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Saturday, November 1, 2003
Are you "Spiritual" or "Moral"?
This post is a little off-topic, but I am starting to put most of my stuff here so people can find it. I recently discovered that some people are actually seeking out and reading my blogs, even though I don't post every day. I strive for quality, not quantity or popularity, and I am glad some people...
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