Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@WalterPlinge wrote: Dave_Baxter: But this is predicated on the idea that morality isn't truly relative, which I'm not sure I agree with. I believe there are universals, which transcend both time...
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@Gyrofrog wrote: I was just going to chime in that I thought the headline said "Oxycontin." Then there was @WalterPlinge's comment that looked like "the government gasses us to increase oxycontin...
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@IronEdithKidd wrote: Admittedly, my mind read "oxycontin" the first time through, too. Read full topic
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@Dave_Baxter wrote: WalterPlinge: I believe there are universals, which transcend both time period and social structure. If morality were wholly determined by either, then there would be no...
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@WalterPlinge wrote: Dave_Baxter: Saying that there are "universals" is the same as saying there's a capital-G "God". You can say it, and believe it with a faith-like belief, but that's all you can...
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@Dave_Baxter wrote: WalterPlinge: The two are almost entirely different. It is the contrast between observing a phenomenon and trying to explain it. Saying "god wills it so" is not the same as saying...
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@WalterPlinge wrote: Dave_Baxter: Saying something is universal is not the same as saying it "tends to happen most of the time". A universal is universal, it's absolute. If there's discrepancy, then...
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@Dave_Baxter wrote: WalterPlinge: That sounds like a semantic argument to me Oh, right, because when someone points out that a "universal" isn't what you're saying it is, it's a semantic argument, not...
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@Mister44 wrote: So - conversely the concept of a war-like alien race who derives pleasure from psychopathic traits could exist? I always dismissed the idea of an alien invasion, because someone...
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@Medievalist wrote: Dave_Baxter: Saying that there are "universals" is the same as saying there's a capital-G "God". You can say it, and believe it with a faith-like belief, but that's all you can do....
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@WalterPlinge wrote: Dave_Baxter: Oh, right, because when someone points out that a "universal" isn't what you're saying it is, it's a semantic argument, not you being wrong. Okay. ... Not. Uh. What?...
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@Dave_Baxter wrote: Medievalist: If you want to prove God doesn't exist, you have to start by pre-defining "God" as something that you already know cannot be proven to exist (like YHWH or Allah, for...
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@Dave_Baxter wrote: WalterPlinge: Maybe you wanted me to provide irrefutable proof of some ineffable, absolute divine objective morality, ignoring my point that all/nearly all people have certain...
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@WalterPlinge wrote: Dave_Baxter: Commonalities tell us which topics need to be covered in a moral framework, I can agree with that, but it does not tell us HOW they will be dealt it, which is frankly...
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@Dave_Baxter wrote: WalterPlinge: If human responses to questions of morality are even vaguely consistent, then they do. Um, nope. WalterPlinge: When people say "killing is wrong" they don't actually...
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@WalterPlinge wrote: Dave_Baxter: Um, nope Umm, yep. Dave_Baxter: Saying "killing is wrong, except for such and such a reason", is the same as saying "killing is right, except for such and such a...
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@Medievalist wrote: You said - incorrectly - that "capital-G 'God' cannot be proven to exist similar to how universals cannot be proven to exist". And I showed that you are wrong - with a consistent...
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Oxytocin: "the biological basis for the golden rule"
@Dave_Baxter wrote: Medievalist: You said - incorrectly - that "capital-G 'God' cannot be proven to exist similar to how universals cannot be proven to exist". And I showed that you are wrong - with a...
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