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Comment on Money and Utility by Sexism and Sexual Realism | Anarcho Papist

Sexism and Sexual Realism | Anarcho Papist — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:55:15 +0000

[…] Facts imply ethical reactions, this is true. However, what the facts imply depends on the ethical theory. If a feminist wants to argue that women ought to be paid equally as men, she is free to do so, but it must be from an ethical basis (and this no matter what the facts are). Her ethics may require us to simply ignore facts (consider the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard; everyone gets the same reward despite how much work they actually did), but it is also legitimate for ethics to include reference to facts (now see the Parable of the Talents). A correct ethics may even require that sometimes reward is proportionate to input, and sometimes it isn’t. So for instance, the slogan “Equal pay for equal work” depends on the fact of whether the work of men and women is actually equal (though how that will be measured is difficult, and I think only the market process can really let you know). […]

Comment on Defending Sweatshops by Skeptic Shaming, Incivility, and Outright Ad Hominem | Anarcho Papist

Skeptic Shaming, Incivility, and Outright Ad Hominem | Anarcho Papist — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:12:46 +0000

[...] this basis that I’ve defended a number of economic arrangements most think are evil, such as sweatshops. The same must follow for aspects of the world such as intersexual interaction, attraction, rape, [...]

Comment on The Modal Set Ontological Argument by Technical Omnipotence and Possibility | Anarcho Papist

Technical Omnipotence and Possibility | Anarcho Papist — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:46:44 +0000

[...] This is perfectly in line with my modal set ontological argument. [...]

Comment on Fallacies of Composition, Up and Down by Bryce Laliberte

Bryce Laliberte — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:36:09 +0000

I do not know. My professor told me of the term.

Comment on Fallacies of Composition, Up and Down by Drkshadow03

Drkshadow03 — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:49:10 +0000

Do you know in what book or article Goodman talks about expansiveness?

Comment on Dialogue on Philosophy and Ethics, Part 1 by Argument, Ethics, and Ethical Nihilism | Anarcho Papist

Argument, Ethics, and Ethical Nihilism | Anarcho Papist — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:27:18 +0000

[...] I grant this is only a sketch for now, but I think there is good material for further cultivation. This is a notion already latent in some other takes at meta-ethics I’ve made, so I’ll let myself off here with what I’ve already said on the matter. [...]

Comment on The Keys of the Kingdom of David by Rosh Galut - Page 2 - Christian Forums

Rosh Galut - Page 2 - Christian Forums — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:55:27 +0000

[...] David, that their would be a visible body to this Kingdom, upon which could be within or without. The Keys of the Kingdom of David | Amtheomusings It is through the keys given to Peter…. __________________ But as many as received him, to [...]

Comment on Democracy and Total War by War, Externalities, and Anarchism | Anarcho Papist

War, Externalities, and Anarchism | Anarcho Papist — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:07:31 +0000

[...] variable amongst others, statism is positively correlated with war; its likelihood of occurrence, its scope, and its [...]

Comment on About by M. Rodriguez

M. Rodriguez — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:32:08 +0000

seems like an interesting blog with a lot of interesting, I think I will check it out, but definitly like the important post page.

Comment on Eliminative Materialism and the External World by A Limit to Error | Anarcho Papist

A Limit to Error | Anarcho Papist — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:05:08 +0000

[...] intimately understood part of the world. The external world is weird, when it comes down to it, and it is attempts to internalize the external (e.g. logical positivism, radical empiricism, ordinary language philosophy) which we ought to be [...]