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[quote user="Lilburne"]empathy is a natural, evolved feature of the human psyche.[/quote] [quote user="Esuric"]That's just a fancy way to say it's been handed down to us by society. Unless you're saying it's genetic, somehow.[/quote] That's exactly what I'm saying. "A neurological approach to empathy"
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[quote user="Esuric"]And if monotheistic religion is the sole reason, then maybe we've been too quick to dismiss the virtues of such religions.[/quote] Are you implying the non-monotheistic ancient Greeks were devoid of morality? [quote user="Esuric"]The question, though, is why is it trans-societal?[/quote] Moral feelings are
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[quote user="nandnor"]The Lilburne manifesto and other answers just seemed to say "'cause it feels right". This seems like a mystical fantasy to me, not unlike any religion or cult. I think that having that as the basis for libertarianism puts it on the level of a religion, nothing else.[/quote] nandor, If you regularly refrained
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DrKrbyLuv, Your theories are riven with fallacies, but you've been civil and mature. I regret that others here have not reciprocated, and have resorted to name-calling and the like. In doing so, they've managed to make a superior position look weak and flailing, and your fundamentally false position appears strong and serene in comparison. I
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@ Chloe: Thank you for your kind words. :) @ E.R.: Glad you enjoyed issue #3. :) @ Conza: What's with the rage face? :) @ Smiling Dave: filc is correct that such an issue wouldn't really be apropos to this series, which is really about theory, not history. However, I'm sure I will touch briefly upon the Fed in a business cycle issue that
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[quote user="Knight_of_BAAWA"]I don't care about your opinion on the matter.[/quote] Do you not care about the opinions of anybody on the matter, or only mine?
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Smiling Dave, Thanks for that excellent distillation. [quote user="Smiling Dave"]1. If the goal is to raise the banner of AE in the world, insults are not the way to go. In fact it's immature to insult people [most of the time].[/quote] [quote user="Smiling Dave"]I'm clearly in the 1.camp.[/quote] Me too. [quote user="Smiling
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[quote user="Snowflake"]Though this will change as I'm getting a spot on a radio show soon :P[/quote] Congratulations! You should make an announcement thread to share the details.
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[quote user="Knight_of_BAAWA"]Do you think that someone like Mr1001Bolsheviks is open for a rational discussion?[/quote] No. With such people, one should (a) make them look bad to the gallery by taking the high road and still shredding their position, (b) ignore them, or (c) ban them. In none of those cases does it do any good to degrade ourselves
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[quote user="Knight_of_BAAWA"]Maybe some people prefer the government method of infantalizing others; I don't.[/quote] If anything infantilizes others, it is insults, because they only serve to elicit emotional responses, which is exactly the only kind of response infants are capable of.