Viewing profile — virtual_void

Morals and ethics are similar but not the same, i would agree. They suffer the same problem though in that morals and ethics do not have one universal standard. So something may be…

No. No you haven’t, at least not a singular unambiguous answer. A lack of trust is not a reasonable reason to refuse to state a single verb or noun. Trust isn’t really a part of th…

I was simply using the word feel as a synonym for the word believe. No injury intended. You still have not answered the very simple question though, and i might be a bit slow off t…

Apologies, I wasn’t suggesting i was closing down the conversation. I am trying to find a specific thing in the social contract that you feel is violated. We agree it’s not stealin…

No, that tort specifically relates to depriving someone of, otherwise damaging their property. We've agreed it's not stealing. We've agreed that not all piracy is immoral, for some…

You’re claiming that all piracy is immoral or breaches a social contract. Then you claim exceptions are ok. Thus not all piracy is immoral. I am trying to get to specifics but you …

Then which specific thing in your conception of the social contact are you equating piracy with? The post states that piracy isn’t stealing and you agree. There must be some other …

Without a clear definition of morality that is considered universal you cannot make any claims about generality. There are many examples of piracy where no one loses out yet someon…

Are you are relying on that terminology because you believe piracy to actually be stealing? Depriving a person of something they already own.

And you are presuming that no pirates do by claiming that all piracy is immoral. How do you stand on the idea that someone desperately poor, who cannot afford a text book that woul…

Your argument is based on the terms of a conceptual social contract which is ill defined and not universal. You seem convinced that your system of values are the same set everyone …

There is no singular conception of The Social Contract, nor indeed of morality. You’re making a point about how you feel about it without presenting an argument. The discussion of …

I find it interesting that we always frame it as if we all perceive it in the same way. I find in person to be draining, so the opposite of you. I guess this is the core of the dif…

Totally agree re your first sentence. The second sentence is stating things as fact with regards to how you feel about relationships. I don’t see how a persons feelings about how t…

You’re assuming your feelings about how other people make meaningful relationships are universal. It can be true for you yet untrue for others. It seems a bit much to state it as f…

I don’t see people finding the fact infuriating. People are upset because they feel like people are asking them to come in to the office because someone else wants to socialise. En…

Wouldn’t it be exciting if it was working because someone / something had found it and started tinkering. Hackers, if you will.

It’s not. I can listen to audio from anywhere else except this site. Just hooked my phone up to look at the console and noted that the resources are not being loaded. I have a piho…

Neat! I like it. I get no audio on my iphone though for the interactive keyboard. Might just be my setup.

Is that true? I thought they could only devote devolved public expenditure to the nhs. Even if they could raise income tax (3p i think?) to fund extra in the nhs that’s a drastical…

The funding is given to them by the uk gov. They are allowed to elect how they spend it. If the funding is insufficient then it’s not really fixing the problem.

He cites his sources (which seem reasonable), is making measurements and has written up objective results it seems. Perhaps there are other articles less objective on that site but…

Thanks. Will take your advice on both counts!

Interesting. We have a gas stove and a gas furnace. Furnace was changed a few years back and coincides with worse asthma symptoms for both me and my youngest son. Anyone have any a…

N is not the only thing that matters here. It is important but if you’re disregarding results solely on that basis then it’s unfounded. I noted from reading the paper that they bas…