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Whitenesses (colour/culture, especially in the UK)
Considering strategies for not making whiteness the default setting for UK culture: and what's at stake in all those categories, and so on.
:: STARTED BY Cat Chant
:: 28 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:21 20.08.04
Marriage
Marriage as a cultural institution, monogamy and a hint of feminism.
:: STARTED BY Tryphena Absent
:: 144 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:47 16.08.04
If there were more than one sentient species on earth
How do you think humanity would be if we had competition from an equal (though maybe very different) species?
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:20 16.08.04
Don't call me a *****
Discussing terms of reference for those who aren't straight white males.
:: STARTED BY pointless and uncalled for
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:56 16.08.04
Unexercised Rights
Are there Rights which should not be exercised?
:: STARTED BY Nick's Experimental Wrongness
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:17 11.08.04
Should we/you support the Iraqi maquis in resisting US military-imperialism in Iraq ?
should we/you support the Iraqi maquis in resisting US military-imperialism in Iraq ?
:: STARTED BY sdv (non-human)
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:32 04.08.04
EVIL
Yes, it's that hoary old nugget. What is evil?
:: STARTED BY misterpc
:: 64 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:24 27.07.04
Civilized Aggression
Some would argue that violence is an inbuilt part of the human species. As such, is there a way to scratch the itch without shedding blood?
:: STARTED BY lekvar
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:40 27.07.04
From swords to ploughshares.
killing in battle, post-traumatic stress syndrome, soldiers, warfare, society
:: STARTED BY Cheap. Easy. Cruel.
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:32 26.07.04
something we can all agree on finally, those pesky fence-sitters.
There's little out there sure to vex you all, like attitudes to the bisexual. What are your thoughts, and your defences, to calumnies of cake and fences?
:: STARTED BY Goodness Gracious Meme
:: 113 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:33 19.07.04
Help me Get my Head Around Multiple Metaphors
a is a metaphor for b, a is a metaphor for c, but b does not equal c? I'm confused...
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:07 18.07.04
Convince us not to utterly lose interest in activism
A thread for people who are either involved in activism, or are enthused by it, to convince others who are disillusioned that there is somethign worthwhile going on both conceptually and in terms of action.
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:12 17.07.04
Lacan and the Torus
Discussion of Lacan's use of the torus as a topological figure for psychic structures, with particular reference to the essay 'Of Structure as the Inmixing of an Otherness Prerequisite to Any Subject Whatever'.
:: STARTED BY DecayingInsect
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:55 07.07.04
Peter Singer
Controversial Utilitarian. Can ethics be solved with logic?
:: STARTED BY Atyeo
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:10 04.07.04
Left, right?
A discussion about the different styles of argument and justifications for the left wing, with reference to reason, the enlightenment, postmodernism and philosophy.
:: STARTED BY Lurid Archive
:: 59 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:55 26.06.04
Won't Somebody Think Of The Children?
Does having kids make you more conservative?
:: STARTED BY Jack Fear
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:22 25.06.04
Property Rights
Philosophy Majors, it is time to use your powers for good (not evil) and help a high-schooler with debate, while maybe having a rather interesting discussion. Maybe.
:: STARTED BY flufeemunk effluvia
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:12 23.06.04
Books on iraq culture
Request for Resources on iraqi culture.
:: STARTED BY eeoam
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:21 22.06.04
In the name of the cross.
How do you feel about your flag with specific reference to the St. George Cross.
:: STARTED BY pointless and uncalled for
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:58 14.06.04
Barbe-Lexicon
For discussion of politically charged terms, neologisms and barbecoinages, being an attempt to discern the functioning of such terms both on and off the board. So far covered or mooted: political correctness; gender-neutral pronouns (ze/hir, em/eir, per); queterosexual; feminazi; reactionary; tolerant.
:: STARTED BY
:: 44 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:51 10.06.04
Torture, ethics and why did they not realise that somebody might come looking for them one day ?
It's a truism of European Human Rights legislation that you will be held accountable for your personal actions even if ordered to do the task by another. Do you agree with this and if not why not ? How should accountability and ethics be taught ?
:: STARTED BY sdv (non-human)
:: 73 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:34 05.06.04
Monkeys around the dinner table.
If you are aware of animal-like group dynamics... are you hindered socially?
:: STARTED BY Christoph_Chicken
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:05 03.06.04
Conspiratology, paranoia, and bigotry
Running in a tangential direction from several recent threads. Beginning discussion on the nature of conspiracies as relate to paranoia and bigotry.
:: STARTED BY Skeleton Camera
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:31 22.05.04
'Tolerance' vs 'Acceptance' in Practice
Can you tell the difference between the society that tolerates you and the society that accepts you?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:44 21.05.04
Politics and the right wing
How is politics different to ethics?
:: STARTED BY Jester
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:23 18.05.04
Existence
The Ultimate Question: Why do we exist? Personal beliefs, please.
:: STARTED BY espy
:: 54 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:58 18.05.04
Stranded
How does one read philosophy? It is a cumbersome beast unmatched any I have had the pleasure to know...please help.
:: STARTED BY rhizome
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:54 18.05.04
Restoration? Just Say No to Griff Rhys Jones
Does conservation lead to Conservatism?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:04 14.05.04
Ideology Is Good
An attempt to rehabilitate the term "ideology", and prevent its continued misuse as a tool ensuring that "moderate", pseudo-liberal/humanist ideologies continue to dominate acceptable discourse. YEAH, WE BACK UP IN THE HEAD SHOP FOR 2004!
:: STARTED BY Time, Please!
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:30 11.05.04
Images of Abortions - should they be allowed to influence ethics ?
Given the planned TV program - which will be showing graphic images of abortions on C4 - the question is whether a SPECTACLE should be allowed to influence ethical and moral issues. A philosopher must of course say NO...
:: STARTED BY sdv (non-human)
:: 115 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:58 10.05.04
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