Atheist Zone | Arcus | Activity https://atheistzone.com/members/arcus/activity/ Activity feed for Arcus. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:38:14 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ff779df393c7db540e99d9544de21dcf Arcus replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/page/2/#post-3550 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 07:11:06 +0000

Tom Sarbeck wrote:
@arcus asks, ‘Why such militarized language?’ I’ve been there. Try it some day.

And where is “that” exactly? Which dictatorship imprisoned and tortured you?

Admittedly I find expressions like the one in this post juvenile of the “I’m 14, and this is deep” type.

]]> c0d1c6ecd471bd83d4609fc77348aeb5 Arcus replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/#post-3542 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:39:12 +0000

Tom Sarbeck wrote:
@Arcus-political combat, usually over economic issues, is not a philosophy or political science or history classroom.

“Political combat”.. Now there’s a Clausewitzian inspired expression if I’ve ever seen one. Why such militarized language?

]]> 0dd56198d91bcb30b4199c7f2eb60b31 Arcus replied to the topic The Strong See Brutalizing the Weak As Their Prerogative. Only the... in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/the-strong-see-brutalizing-the-weak-as-their-prerogative-only-the/#post-3538 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:51:57 +0000 I think you have, unwittingly perhaps, created a paradox.

Since you start with a dichotomy – that one is either weak or strong – then the weak cooperating will make them strong. And since the strong see brutalizing the weak as their categorical prerogative, they will then proceed to do just that.

That also fits quite well into the history of so…[Read more]

]]> d62a310aec7c8815ce54c7601a98f5b9 Arcus started the topic Trump is a blessing in disguise in the forum Politics https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/trump-is-a-blessing-in-disguise/ Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:23:59 +0000 Apparently, it took a horrendous president to wake up the American public. What Trump is against is becoming popular, and what he is for is becoming unpopular. To be snarky: Wow! Incredible!

]]> 54f0547853e2021126d177c755a5ff35 Arcus replied to the topic Burn Baby Burn in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/burn-baby-burn/page/2/#post-3106 Mon, 12 Jun 2017 08:29:45 +0000 Both Haidt and Fiske are based on Schweder, but Fiske’s Models are easier to use to evaluate real life dilemmas because when the wrong model is used it is clearly a social faux pas.

For instance, if an acquaintance invites you to dinner you are supposed to used the communal sharing (CS) model of ethics – say thank you and compliment the food. I…[Read more]

]]> 5698f5a0bf96c8810f6c6dd24b7aaab9 Arcus replied to the topic Burn Baby Burn in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/burn-baby-burn/page/2/#post-3095 Sun, 11 Jun 2017 16:15:22 +0000 The philosophical inquiry into ethics is a bit different than the anthropological/psychological inquiry into ethics. While not comparing, it’s about as related as law and criminology.

]]> 9c8779c7ddac61893433218b7ff9714d Arcus replied to the topic Burn Baby Burn in the forum Theism https://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/burn-baby-burn/#post-3092 Sun, 11 Jun 2017 15:17:54 +0000 The quiz is based on Haidt’s Moral Foundations: http://moralfoundations.org/

His model is a development on Scweder’s Ethics, which divided moral concerns into:

1. Autonomy: Society is made up of individuals and morality should be about freeing them to make their own choices and be free from harm. Haidt divided this into two, care/harm and…[Read more]

]]> 3ff6d237f2852d77b1db0b24e7d47e5a Arcus replied to the topic Is Atheism considered a "worldview?" in the forum Atheism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/is-atheism-considered-a-worldview/#post-1870 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:24:06 +0000 Well… yes. World view comes from the Germanic concept of Weltanschauung. Part and somewhat parcel to this is the idea of a Life Stance . Indeed, in Germanic countries the term religion is superseded by the term life stance, for instance my middle school class that replaced Christianity was called Life Stance and my confirmation was Life Stance…[Read more]

]]> ddbacfbd3d82a5e3be3a230722b065d7 Arcus joined the group To Do or not To Do https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/2454/ Fri, 24 Jul 2015 08:56:42 +0000 0 d5fecb72bf34e9681d0771eb8565b882 Arcus replied to the topic Austerity has failed. An open letter from Piketty to Merkel in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/austerity-has-failed-an-open-letter-from-piketty-to-merkel/page/2/#post-720 Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:48:12 +0000 @Unseen

There are a few cases to consider.

The background of the 1953 debt accords came 8 years after the war, when Germany was under occupation and management by the Allies, including having a constitution and massive social and legal reforms imposed. The country had also been split, lost territory, taken in 10% of its population as refugees,…[Read more]

]]> eecea99ed3417d31477c76aff4b6e9cf Arcus replied to the topic Austerity has failed. An open letter from Piketty to Merkel in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/austerity-has-failed-an-open-letter-from-piketty-to-merkel/#post-385 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 17:46:55 +0000 This again? Let’s look at government spending as percentage of GDP from highs in 2009/10 to lows in 2013/14, retrieved from Eurostat:

-Ireland cut from 47.6% i 2009 to 39% in 2014. Down 8.6%
-Latvia cut from 44% i 2010 to 36% i 2013. Down 8%.
-Lithuania cut from 44.9% in 2009 to 34.9% in 2014. Down 10%(!)
-The UK cut from 49.7% in 2009 to 44.4%…[Read more]

]]> 174b85649574a36a311a68ccfa62f836 Arcus replied to the topic Austerity has failed. An open letter from Piketty to Merkel in the forum Politics http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/austerity-has-failed-an-open-letter-from-piketty-to-merkel/#post-371 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:09:26 +0000 Yeeeeeaaah… Trying to insult and shame the largest creditor may not be the best way to gain concessions, especially with a horribly flawed historical comparison. If the austerity measures were not merely about increasing taxes and tax collection, cutting pensions, and reducing a bloated public sector, but included terms such as stringing up…[Read more]

]]> b95f649173ff19fb8ecdd083d6ac9b81 Arcus became a registered member https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/682/ Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:40:18 +0000 0