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Re: What if..... referring to the asian boy you keep captive in you pencil case? Thought So. Bigot.

If both the criminal and the 'innocent' parties have guns then there is a much, much higher chance of resulting causalities or deaths. Imagine a service station robbery, a criminal enters with a gun, now if the service attendant pulls out a gun, then they will both be forced to shoot (or else...

Athiesm doesn't rely on 'God being disproven'. Zeus was never 'disproven', he still to this day hasn't been 'disproven'. There are simply no good reasons to suggests that he exists. Keep your silly, ill read opinions constipated in the bowel that is your mind.

Hahaha what an idiotic thing to write.

Because they think its OK to use violence to express themselves. Pretty straight forward mate. Smacking a child is an act of violence; one intended to inflict pain. So mate, go ahead and beat the shit out of your kids, I hope you and your kind get locked up. All those video games where you can...

When you use violence to 'teach' a child, you are telling that child that violence is OK. It is no coincidence that most violent criminals had rough upbringings.

What you wrote doesn't make sense. Please define wrong. How is that the relative approach? that is the realist's approach... Indeed our experience (and the experience of others) is important to us. Improving this is innate it us (this occurs through cultural evolution). Why is it important to...

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Nope. Atheist (Although, I dislike having to use that word; as I would dislike having to call my self an 'Aracist'). Good to see you ignored my points again. Your shitty at this debate thing. EDIT: Nvm. I just saw the picture of 'John McCain' in the picture thread......debate over.

Yes I have justified it. Twice actually. Your asking me to anchor a free floating rational when no such anchor needs to be cast. In a very primitive sense, yes. But emotions like these arose before the social aspect of our species matured, and hence are not as strongly tied to questions of...

Yes I believe this is where our differences are arising from. In this context I define Morality as any system that interlocks values, practices, institutions and physiological mechanisms in order to suppress suffering/selfishness and promote well being/altruism. And there are winning strategies...

To 'justify' is defined as; to show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for. Evolution (I was not merely referring to 'genetic' evolution, but cultural and memetic evolution, etc as well) shows Morality to be reasonable; it provides adequate grounds for Morality. I meant evolution in...

Yea that's why we have science. Why couldn't science inquire into questions of morality? Evolution through natural selection... Wow stop clumsily attacking points I never made. Not my fault if your not smart enough to comprehend my actual points. Natural selection explains how morality came...

It is perfectly rational to seek out a state of well being. It is hardwired into our mammalian brains. Of course, our lives are significant only from the 'human perspective'....don't see how this draws away from anything I've said. It is not only intuitive (and only sometimes it is intuitive...

No I think the question has become is there a distinction between physical discipline and physical suffering, emotional disciple and emotional suffering. (my answer would be yes; there is a distinction).

Are you asking me to define well being (state of happiness, good health, contentment, etc), or are you asking me to explain why we should prefer well being over suffering? Both seem clear to me, and both can be explained at the level of the brain. What is the universal 'good life', well...

I don't think your situation is very relevant to the issue. I was more referring to the regular trends of a parent's relationship with their child over a long period of time.

By this logic, cutting an 'x' in the skin of your baby for crying to loudly, would be OK as long as it is the 'last resort'. No, bad parents 'utilize pain' as you revolting advocate. Good parents utilize positive emotions.

Indeed, I use the term 'well being' in a very broad sense. I do not mean it in the narrow 'explicit pleasure' sense (although this does play apart). I think your overcomplicated things a bit....you have asked me to explain how I can rationalize good being good....I would take this to be self...

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