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  1. MikeF

    Is it unethical to coerce a child into believing a lie?

    Is it wrong or unethical to coerce a child into believing a lie? Once the coerced lie is accepted, can it be traumatic for the child to then learn it was a lie?
  2. MikeF

    Determinism/Free Will

    Warning! Posts are long! Only proceed if you've nothing better to do. :) @vulcanlogician Since this is definitely an new line of conversation, I have started this new thread separate from our current conversation. Our touching upon Free Will has had me thinking about it. As a consequence, I...
  3. MikeF

    Is cannibalism acceptable if it saves a human life?

    I figure we might as well address all the taboo's that might come up in life-and-death situations since RF seems to be on a roll addressing them. Any other taboo's that might need to be crossed to save a human life?
  4. MikeF

    Let's define Religion.

    I've been told that Religion cannot be defined, or at the very least, any attempt will be so inadequate as to make the definition useless. I think for most people, there are certain sets of beliefs that seem to easily fit into a category with the label Religion. I anticipate most of the...
  5. MikeF

    Can all life on earth be viewed as the expression of a single organism?

    The term, "When does life begin", is often used in discussion surrounding when to afford specific rights to human embryos or the human fetus. This came up for me in another thread. In an off-the-cuff remark I stated that life began billions of years ago and life has been a continuum since that...
    • MikeF
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    • evolution life science science fiction species
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: General Debates
  6. MikeF

    Is 'scientism' a thing, or just a slur?

    From my experience, the word 'scientism' is used in a pejorative manner as a way to somehow weaken the credibility of arguments based on scientific understanding, or to weaken the image of Science as a whole. I don't see anyone claiming to adhere to scientism and I don't see it as anything...
  7. MikeF

    Philosophy and Science

    *******Porting this conversation into it's own thread as it was off the main topic of original OP. I'd like to respond by starting with two definitions. From Wikipedia I obtained the following definition of Philosophy: “Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental questions, such as...
    • MikeF
    • Thread
    • philosophy philosophy of science science
    • Replies: 60
    • Forum: Philosophy
  8. MikeF

    Call to abandon Atheism

    I know this will be hard to sell, but I'm going to try. From our earliest Paleolithic ancestors, the unknown has always been framed under a paradigm in which the presumption has been there is a sentience, a mover, behind observations humans have been unable to explain. From questions about how...
  9. MikeF

    Are we all created equal?

    In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, ...”. Was Thomas Jefferson correct in stating that we are all created equal? Equal in what way? If not, should we rethink the Constitution?
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