Steven Sturdevant
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Steven Sturdevant commented on Michael Walzer: Has scientific progress changed your understanding of morality? on September 27, 2008, 11:22 PM
TheoB;You sling the words moral, morality, ethics and so forth around as if there were some overall agreement as to what these words actually mean. I've never, in my life, heard two individuals define them in the same way yet I consistently hear long argument over morality by individuals who have never bothered to define what they mean by the words. It's as if people think there is a marble tablet somewhere on some mountain that lists the rules of morality and that they know what these rules are. As someone famously said; "I can't define pornography but I know it when I see it.", there is this constant squawking dialog with each individual completely unaware of what the other is saying. The whole of the argument can be distilled to a huge, very subjective generality.No one has yet prefaced his statements with a clear idea of what "morality" means... to him. My answer to Waltzer's question is: Technological advancement changes all my concepts of everything. Every day. How could they not?
Steven Sturdevant commented on What are your thoughts about the passing of William F. Buckley? on September 27, 2008, 10:48 PM
My goodness, black 666. You not only state the obvious -of course the same could be said of me- but you jump to the conclusion that I am expressing anger. "Why are you so angry?" has become so clich
Steven Sturdevant commented on Michael Walzer: Has scientific progress changed your understanding of morality? on September 18, 2008, 10:28 PM
roaks;"Are you saying that there has been no argument on this point?"Depends on what you accept as an argument. Take the "argument"; "The bad luck lasts seven days when you spill the salt." "No it doesn't; it lasts five days." To some, that's an argument. To me, it is not. To me, it's a form of articulated noise.The word Morality can mean anything from the will or plan of god to the will or plan of evolution. To some, it means being nice. I don't believe in a plan of god or a plan of evolution and I think "being nice" is a bit subjective. So, unless the word Morality is, first, extensively defined for use in a a specific argument, it's not an argument. It's articulated noise.t
Steven Sturdevant commented on What is your personal philosophy? on September 16, 2008, 2:24 PM
I had to vote neutral because I have no clue what he said... or if he said anything at all.
Steven Sturdevant commented on Are faith and reason incompatible? on December 29, 2008, 1:32 PM
The short answer is: Faith and Reason are incompatible.