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Binabik
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posted March 24, 2008 08:23 AM |
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I looked at that test and by about the third question I was like "wtf, these are the stupidest questions I've ever seen!"
Discussion of philosophy takes you further from the truth, not closer. It's nothing but mental masturbation that's just another layer of armor to keep people from looking at themselves. The truth you see in the mirror is always the hardest truth to accept. Intellect and thought are a means of avoiding that truth.
Ironic how that works. The more you study and learn, the stupider you get.
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friendofgunnar
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posted March 24, 2008 09:08 AM |
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Here's a question to ponder. If there was only one person alive on a planet (with no contact to any other planet), would there be any good or evil on that planet?
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted March 24, 2008 09:21 AM |
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1. Jeremy Bentham (100%) Information link
2. Aristotle (91%) Information link
3. Aquinas (80%) Information link
4. Spinoza (77%) Information link
5. Ayn Rand (77%) Information link
6. Jean-Paul Sartre (73%) Information link
7. John Stuart Mill (72%) Information link
8. Stoics (72%) Information link
9. Epicureans (66%) Information link
10. Kant (66%) Information link
11. Prescriptivism (61%) Information link
12. Thomas Hobbes (53%) Information link
13. St. Augustine (47%) Information link
14. Cynics (46%) Information link
15. Plato (44%) Information link
16. David Hume (40%) Information link
17. Nietzsche (40%) Information link
18. Nel Noddings (37%) Information link
19. Ockham (34%) Information link
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John says to live above hell.
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted March 24, 2008 09:26 AM |
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Here's a question to ponder. If there was only one person alive on a planet (with no contact to any other planet), would there be any good or evil on that planet?
I guess but it wouldn't have any significance to that person.
What is morality without interaction with others?
But I doubt a mass genocide, or the general disappearance, of every one on the planet would cause morality to disappear.
Actions could still be inherently good or bad, just some acts may be harder to commit 
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posted March 24, 2008 09:48 AM |
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1. Plato (100%)
2. Aquinas (82%)
3. St. Augustine (81%)
4. Jean-Paul Sartre (65%)
5. Thomas Hobbes (63%)
6. David Hume (61%)
7. Nel Noddings (60%)
8. Cynics (59%)
9. Ayn Rand (58%)
10. Aristotle (56%)
11. Ockham (49%)
12. Nietzsche (48%)
13. Jeremy Bentham (47%)
14. John Stuart Mill (47%)
15. Stoics (41%)
16. Prescriptivism (38%)
17. Kant (26%)
18. Spinoza (22%)
19. Epicureans (17%)
Okay i didn't know what it would be but...PLATO?!
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Adrius
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posted March 24, 2008 10:32 AM |
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Anyway, nice to see more of you getting Nietzche in top. 
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Anakrom
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posted March 24, 2008 10:46 AM |
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Here's a question to ponder. If there was only one person alive on a planet (with no contact to any other planet), would there be any good or evil on that planet?
There is no good and evil. Just points of view.
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted March 24, 2008 11:36 AM |
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Debateable.
If you murder an orphaned infant for fun, I would call that evil.
Some people might say it's not, but I would say they are wrong.
So yes there are different points of view but there could be an external universal morality.
But that's a matter of opinion in itself and is the fundamental basis of this quiz really... whether you believe in that or not..
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Anakrom
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posted March 24, 2008 11:57 AM |
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Debateable.
Sure. Point is, that we will never know true, because it is only game with words, and meaning of each "debatable" word, such as Morale, is purely subjective.
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posted March 24, 2008 12:02 PM |
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Anyway, nice to see more of you getting Nietzche in top.
Do you know anything more about Nietzche than the things you read on that site?
@Binabik
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Discussion of philosophy takes you further from the truth, not closer.
... ... What ? Isn't philosophing about understanding human nature, solving problems, finding paters/reasons for effects/causes, finding your purpose, finding out who you/humans are and much more? How is that geting away from the "truth" ?
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It's nothing but mental masturbation that's just another layer of armor to keep people from looking at themselves.
I mean what you say is the case but
1)this does by far not only aply to philosopying (ok you also said that sorry didn't see that first)!
2)Not everything people do is mental masturbation (ok depends on what you define as mental masturbation [would highlevel math be the same for you?] sometimes they solve problems)
3)Mental masturbation isn't a bad thing .
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The truth you see in the mirror is always the hardest truth to accept. Intellect and thought are a means of avoiding that truth.
That is your individua opinion... Intellect and thought are infact means to find that truth(opinion) which is what many philosophers actually do/try (fact)
Did you have some bad experiences with philosophy or how come you have such an aggresive stance on the matter?
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"All I can see is what's in front of me. And all I can do is keep moving forward" - The Heir Wielder of Names, Seeker of Thrones, King of Swords, Breaker of Infinities, Wheel Smashing Lord
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted March 24, 2008 12:02 PM |
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The point of philosophy isn't to find a concrete answer.
If it were it would have been over a long time ago.
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Anakrom
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posted March 24, 2008 12:07 PM |
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The point of philosophy isn't to find a concrete answer.
What is point of philosophy in your opininon?
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted March 24, 2008 12:12 PM |
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Discussion.
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Anakrom
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posted March 24, 2008 12:20 PM |
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Discussion.
Good answer. Than philosophy fulfills its purpose. Nevertheless, it is discussion about opinions, not facts (in general). Which brings question, what is more important - fact or opinion?
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted March 24, 2008 12:28 PM |
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They're not mutually exclusive.
Generally though, in the case of philisophy, the facts are unknowable so we are left only with opinions.
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Ironic how that works. The more you study and learn, the stupider you get.
'Once a fluid man, crammed and distorted by the classical mess.'
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Anakrom
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posted March 24, 2008 12:39 PM |
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They're not mutually exclusive.
Right, they arenīt.
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Generally though, in the case of philisophy, the facts are unknowable so we are left only with opinions.
That is reason, why I consider philosophy more like a game than science.
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Ironic how that works. The more you study and learn, the stupider you get.
That can be truth - but it generally depends on person, and thing he/she studies and its influence on him/her.
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mvassilev
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posted March 24, 2008 12:53 PM |
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Actions could still be inherently good or bad, just some acts may be harder to commit
How can anything be inherently good or bad? (Moral relativism FTW!)
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1. Ayn Rand (100%)
2. St. Augustine (91%)
How does that work?
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posted March 24, 2008 02:12 PM |
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1. Cynics (100%)
2. Ayn Rand (99%)
3. Jean-Paul Sartre (87%)
4. Jeremy Bentham (83%)
5. John Stuart Mill (83%)
6. Stoics (82%)
7. Aristotle (81%)
8. Kant (81%)
9. Thomas Hobbes (79%)
10. Nietzsche (73%)
11. David Hume (72%)
12. Prescriptivism (71%)
13. Epicureans (69%)
14. Plato (60%)
15. Spinoza (59%)
16. Aquinas (59%)
17. Nel Noddings (45%)
18. Ockham (43%)
19. St. Augustine (32%)
Where's baklava?
I wanna see which philosophy fits the peanut religion the best.
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posted March 24, 2008 06:37 PM |
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Jean-Paul Sartre (100%)
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posted March 24, 2008 06:45 PM |
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Not quite sure how I ended up with two 100%s. Funny how I'm classified as a utilitarian here , yet in law, I'm a strong proponent of retributive justice.
1. Jeremy Bentham (100%)
2. John Stuart Mill (100%)
3. Epicureans (95%)
4. Kant (92%)
5. Aquinas (89%)
6. Spinoza (86%)
7. Nel Noddings (63%)
8. Aristotle (62%)
9. Jean-Paul Sartre (58%)
10. Stoics (53%)
11. Nietzsche (52%)
12. Cynics (50%)
13. Prescriptivism (46%)
14. Thomas Hobbes (45%)
15. St. Augustine (44%)
16. Ockham (37%)
17. Ayn Rand (35%)
18. David Hume (33%)
19. Plato (22%)
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You drink my blood and drown
Wrath and raving I will not stop
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