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On Natural Rights
Wherein the question is raised: what rights do we possess outside of culture/society/government? How do we know we have those rights? Where do these rights come from?
:: STARTED BY alterity
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:28 12.06.05
Obesity
Statistics indicate an ever increasing problem, as we are frequently reminded. But is the problem growing, or just the awareness?
:: STARTED BY JOY NO WRY
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:32 08.06.05
Robert Nozick - Entitlement Theory
a request for help please - can anyone summarise his main points in a clear manner, to aid understanding?
:: STARTED BY dogtanian
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:01 07.06.05
The Morality of Spending Money on Pleasure
When money could do more good elsewhere is it justifiable to spend it on enjoyable stuff just because it's your money and you want to?
:: STARTED BY Shiny: The Countdown to Thirty
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:37 07.06.05
Are beliefs 'optional'?
Beliefs and their relation to choice and will
:: STARTED BY Smoothly
:: 33 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:30 26.05.05
America has an erotic fear of women
A set of assertions I've come up with. Read, and tell me why you agree/disagree.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:48 22.05.05
Why torture?
The one thing I don't understand is what value states get out of torturing someone.
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:58 20.05.05
The Moral Case for Execution?
How can it be justified?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 44 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:47 19.05.05
Bill Cosby's speech to the NAACP last year, and the shitstorm that ensued
Bill Cosby is placing blame for illeratecy, high incarceration and teen pregnancy rates of poor african americans on...um...poor african americans. And their parents. Many think that this is a sign of upper and middle class african americans turning their backs on their poor brothers.
:: STARTED BY Tuna Ghost will work for dope
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:18 17.05.05
How do you avoid 'Solipsism'
You have a relativistic model of human interaction, and reality in general. You are aware of multiple perspectives. You know dogma is dangerous and daft. You have read quantum theory. How do you avoid solipsism? And why should you?
:: STARTED BY Scrambled Password Bogus Email
:: 31 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:00 16.05.05
Psychogeography: the origins of the theory
Questions about the origin of psychogeography
:: STARTED BY The Return Of Rothkoid
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:08 16.05.05
What is Asexuality?
An attempt to clarify what, if anything, this term actually means
:: STARTED BY Peach Pie
:: 28 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:16 13.05.05
Belief and Homosexuality
How important is the element of choice to the practice of discrimination? Comparing and contrasting religion and sexuality, and anything else that comes up along the line.
:: STARTED BY rising and revolving
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:14 26.04.05
The unintentional role of Art as a social primer?
Thinking about the subversion of art's intended meaning. How the experience of art makes us accept the unforgivable as the inevitable. Your thoughts, please?
:: STARTED BY paranoidwriter waves hello
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:11 23.04.05
Splats and Spivaks - how computers break down/reconstruct perceptions of gender
Splats and spivaks (to the tune of "Suds and Soda" by dEUS) - how computer environments alter presentation and reception of gender.
:: STARTED BY West Baltimore Hausing Project
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:46 19.04.05
Charities
A couple of weeks ago I heard someone say that we shouldn't support charities because by doing so we are freeing the government from some of it's social responsibilities, do you agree? Do you give to charity because you feel you should or do you not give because you feel you should and are rebeling against it? Are there too many charities covering similar areas of need?
:: STARTED BY A0S
:: 38 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:43 15.04.05
The Trouble with Modern Feminist Spitfires
The Dworkinites bother me.
:: STARTED BY MyKitchenSneezes
:: 60 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:45 14.04.05
The moral case for moral cases.
Is there one? Not just taking the piss - proper debate about the ethics and politics of 'moral cases'.
:: STARTED BY Jackie Susann
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:40 12.04.05
Responsiblity for the safekeeping of the world's international cultural heritage.
How far should we as an international community go to ensure internationally valuable structures are protected? Do we have the right to forcibly stop countries destroying archaeological remains which are within their own borders?
:: STARTED BY Olulabelle
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:38 12.04.05
Press reporting suicide
How do you think you and your families and friends would react to the regular reporting of such deaths, openly? How would affected families feel about it? do you think it would help or hinder the efforts at reducing the toll?
:: STARTED BY astrojax69
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:34 09.04.05
Reflections on counter culture
Some reflections on the "new age" travelling community and it's significance, provoked by greengalloway blog...
:: STARTED BY Rex Feral
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:54 07.04.05
RIP Jacques Derrida - But What Were You On About?
Was deconstruction a means of destroying certainty? Does it have any relevence to you and me in our daily lives?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 40 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:04 05.04.05
Real doll
Does the "real doll" have ramifications for the future of sexuality? Will it eventually be possible to buy a real doll with the face of a celebrity, or someone who you are in love with but who will never have sex with you?
:: STARTED BY Doll Soup
:: 49 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:41 01.04.05
Chimeras, Hybrids, and the Ethics of Science
Pigs with human blood. Humans born to animal parents. Mice with human brains. God is going to be very angry with us.
:: STARTED BY Sean the frumious Bandersnatch
:: 34 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:43 01.03.05
The Simulation Argument
This paper argues that at least one of the following propositions is true: (1) the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage; (2) any posthuman civilization is extremely unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of their evolutionary history (or variations thereof); (3) we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation...
:: STARTED BY Glandmaster
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:18 15.02.05
Erotoxins: Pornography Addiction
Research suggests that watching Porn might do long term damage, and not just blindness. Is it time to rethink letting people watch skin flicks?
:: STARTED BY Phex: Dorset Doom
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:54 10.02.05
YOU we care about. The rest of YOU LOT can get stuffed.
So, we can collectively, as a species, rally round and raise over $1 BILLION in <i>a week</i> to help the people of nations affected by an act of nature. But only the one. All those Africans, Iraqis, Grenadans, Haitians and all the rest can just get on with it themselves. Huh?
:: STARTED BY Scrambled Password Bogus Email
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:40 10.02.05
Foucault: What is Enlightenment?
'Contemporary European Thought': Foucault and the Enlightenment
:: STARTED BY stephen_seagull
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:17 02.02.05
Black homophobia
Homophobia among black African and West Indian people.
:: STARTED BY Ganesh
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:06 31.01.05
The aim of teaching American Literature
What "should" be the purpose of teaching American literature? Should the canon be selected purely on grounds of "quality", or should there be an aim of educating students about broader cultural issues and perspectives?
:: STARTED BY Moominpingle
:: 56 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:59 29.01.05
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