Unseen

“Not all carbs work the same.”

– I agree, the difference is between “complex” versus “refined” carbohydrates.  Complex ones are big long-chain sugars and this, together with the fibre in, say, sweet potatoes, means that they take a lot longer to get broken down into glucose.  So, the blood sugar is raised less, but for a lot longer.  This is wh…[Read more]

Matt wrote:
@unseen WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING IN ALL OF YOUR RECENT POST’S TITLES?

When does a life begin?

Interesting question, consider this: There is an unbroken chain of living beings from our earliest common ancestor to us. To reproduce, a living sperm and a living egg come from living parents and produce a living child. So, when does a life b…

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@Unseen WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING IN ALL OF YOUR RECENT POST’S TITLES?

When does a life begin?

Interesting question, consider this: There is an unbroken chain of living beings from our earliest common ancestor to us. To reproduce, a living sperm and a living egg come from living parents and produce a living child. So, when does a life begin? When lif…

Simon Paynton wrote:
@unseen –  “Morals can’t matter because they don’t exist.”

– they exist in the same way that mathematics exist. “referring to some Truth (an absolute with a capital-T)” – they refer to reality.

They exist in the imagination as well as in patterns built into nature for billions of years. Math actually does refer to reality a…[Read more]

onyangomakagutu wrote:

Matt wrote:
I was hoping for more of a philosophical introduction to ethics with/without absolutes. @unseen, Why can’t we have ethics without absolutes? If we did have ethical absolutes, wouldn’t that mean that they are universal across all cultures (i.e. no child marriage)? Or if child marriage is acceptable by the eth…

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@unseen – “So, I should care because I care?”

– uh, yes.

“Morals can’t matter because they don’t exist.”

– they exist in the same way that mathematics exist.

“referring to some Truth (an absolute with a capital-T)”

– they refer to reality.

“You might have one sort, a psychopath, something quite different.”

– that’s how it is.  Not ever…[Read more]

Matt wrote:
I was hoping for more of a philosophical introduction to ethics with/without absolutes. @unseen, Why can’t we have ethics without absolutes? If we did have ethical absolutes, wouldn’t that mean that they are universal across all cultures (i.e. no child marriage)? Or if child marriage is acceptable by the ethical absolutes, why is it…

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Simon Paynton wrote:
@unseen – “if all ethics is local, what basis do you have for decrying slavery, child labor, female genital mutilation, etc., happening elsewhere?” – because a person is a person wherever you go. In each of those cases (presuming that slavery and child labour have been seen as good things) there are external factors which c…

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@unseen – “if all ethics is local, what basis do you have for decrying slavery, child labor, female genital mutilation, etc., happening elsewhere?”

– because a person is a person wherever you go.  In each of those cases (presuming that slavery and child labour have been seen as good things) there are external factors which change the balance of…[Read more]

Belle Rose wrote:
@unseen…????? WTF? How did you derive that from my comment? Lol

“Absolutes are a false security blanket that give the illusion of universal moral obligation. Most people don’t live up to their own ethical standards of others anyway so what difference does it make.”

Your statement is pretty much a definition of ethical/moral rel…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
@unseen – I don’t think that ethical absolutes exist in the way that you mean. All there is, is what individual people, or groups, think is right or wrong. Then, the question is, how many people think that way, which is a measure of how universal it is. I can think of three separate ethical systems, each based on a dif…

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@unseen – I don’t think that ethical absolutes exist in the way that you mean.  All there is, is what individual people, or groups, think is right or wrong. Then, the question is, how many people think that way, which is a measure of how universal it is.

I can think of three separate ethical systems,  each based on a different fundamental v…[Read more]

I was hoping for more of a philosophical introduction to ethics with/without absolutes. @Unseen, Why can’t we have ethics without absolutes? If we did have ethical absolutes, wouldn’t that mean that they are universal across all cultures (i.e. no child marriage)? Or if child marriage is acceptable by the ethical absolutes, why is it not allowed in…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
@unseen – “An example of unconscious awareness would be…?” – I think that “consciousness” and “awareness” must be the same thing. There is all kinds of information going around the body, but until we are aware of it, we’re not conscious of it.

Consciousness and awareness are different. When you’re awake, you’re both conscio…[Read more]

@unseen – “An example of unconscious awareness would be…?”

– I think that “consciousness” and “awareness” must be the same thing.  There is all kinds of information going around the body, but until we are aware of it, we’re not conscious of it.

Belle Rose wrote:
@unseen The notion that theists are suffering from a mental illness. It is a blatant hypocrisy to take the stance they take meanwhile demeaning the majority of the world population. Its the exact mentality they hope to eradicate but they are inadvertently participating in the problem.

I don’t recall where I supposedly said…[Read more]

@unseen, that’s an adequate definition for us, doubt many Christians would care accept that.