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RJT: 1, 21 Credit Semester: 0 (pg. 9)
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by Psy-T
try this hypothesis: evolution dictates right and wrong - what's right survives, what's wrong (eventually) dies.
:p |
What if the environments wrong?. Then right is based on wrong. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
might is right? |
eveolution has nothing to do with might. It has to do with adaptability. |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
What if the environments wrong?. Then right is based on wrong. |
what if our environment isnt real? Then the concept of right and wrong doesnt exist @.@ |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
I.e., is your morality relative to the reality you perceive yourself to be in? |
IMO, yes. |
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| Marc Summers |
, no more school until the 17th... I'm bored as hell now, and have no money because I spent it all on christmas gifts.
I LOSE! |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by Psy-T
try this hypothesis: evolution dictates right and wrong - what's right survives, what's wrong (eventually) dies.
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I just don't know about that one. I still say there is no right or wrong just choices. |
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| Psy-T |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Please re-read the definition of science that I laid out on the 2nd page. |
and what of a definition to philosophy to compare with? |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
IMO, yes. |
Thats so weird! |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Psy-T
and what of a definition to philosophy to compare with? |
It (philosophy) has to hold up to the same standards. That definition is crucial to my assertion that philosophy is a science. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
Thats so weird! |
For sure. I actually had a metaphysics course this semester that basically tackled this issue. |
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| Psy-T |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
might is right? |
that depends on the definition of "might", but if what you're referring to is pure brute strength, then it's far from being an absolute truth. |
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| Psy-T |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
It (philosophy) has to hold up to the same standards. That definition is crucial to my assertion that philosophy is a science. |
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