phiLockeraptor

Online:	6 Years Ago	Name:	Shane Private
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Looking:	No Answer	Religion:	Agnostic

About Me:	ENTP debate student who just lost his debate team with an unexpected move. I'm delving into philosophy head-first, and love to write expository. Oh, I'm also a Homestuck who loves various fandoms.
Activities:	Writing, philosophizing, debating, music, reading, and the occasional netflix marathon.
Beliefs:	I think that God is plausible, but not provable one way or another. If He does exist, I think all religions probably have a piece of the puzzle. I also believe that whatever we call "God", if He does indeed exist, probably isn't human at all, and that our portrayals of him reflect a human need for personification and story-building.
Books:	Orson Scott Card's Ender series, Dreamcatcher, Bag of Bones, anything by John Grisham or David Baldacci, IT, the Harry Potter series, the Pendragon series, and many more. As far as educational books , I enjoy Taking Sides, the Critique of Pure Reason, Plato's dialogues, A History of England,
Movies:	The Green Mile, Bruce Almighty, the Anchorman, Wolves of Wall Street, the Book of Life,
Music:	Greydon Square, Instrumentals, Arabic Chill-out, Piano, Foo Fighters, and many other rock bands. Classical, piano, violin. The only favorite I have is Tchaikovsky.
Quotes:	"You don't beg average to be phenomenal - you just are phenomenal, and you will attract phenomenal people!" "There's a cake in front of you, and you're sitting here reaching at crumbs!" "The most scary thing about debate is learning that it's just as easy to defend a wrong opinion as it is to defend a right one".
Sports Teams:	None.
TV Shows:	Cosmos, House, Scrubs, House of Cards, NCIS, Ancient Aliens (its a good laugh), South Park, Colbert, The Daily Show, and a whole bunch of animes.

Websites:	Tumblr

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Ethics can be defined apart from God

Is there a definition of Ethics that can be put away from God? Can we say that Ethics has nothing to do with a divine creature? Firstly we need to define Ethics, according to Aristotle, which was the first one to introduce the concept (however no the first one to talk about it), ethics is the seek of a greater good, a good that is seek for itself, some may call that greater good later "happiness". This greater good assumes there is an objective good (a truth), and according to other philosoph...

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Utilitarianism (Bentham) v Deontology (Kant) Rap Battle

Philosophical rap battle. Con is rapping for deontology, while Pro is rapping for Utilitarianism. Personal slights against philosophers themselves are allowed but not preferred over ideological rap. 20 lines are allowed. First round is acceptance only. Everything else is fair game....

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fact=knowledge=memory of personal physical experience

facts dosnt exist beyond my own memory, to suggest they do is suggesting I can see others memories...

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Debate Statistics
Debates:	3
Lost:	0
Tied:	1
Won:	2
Win Ratio:	100.00%
Percentile:	91.07%
Elo Ranking:	2,103
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Activity Statistics
Forum Posts:	233
Votes Cast:	7
Opinion Arguments:	18
Opinion Questions:	0
Poll Votes:	11
Poll Topics:	1

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•	Abortion	Und
•	Affirmative Action	ConComments While I see the need for it now, I fear it will outlive its purpose. People don't like giving away benefits, once received. It's the nature of shifting baselines.
•	Animal Rights	Und
•	Barack Obama	N/O
•	Border Fence	ProComments Not so much for South American (as well as Mexican) immigrants looking for a better life, but just as a protection against terrorists or other baddies going through Mexico to get to the U.S. Also, I think that because the project is already underway, it'd be a waste to stop it now.
•	Capitalism	ProComments With moderate regulation, of course.
•	Civil Unions	ProComments Marriage benefits like visiting a dying loved one should never be restricted. It's the ultimate legal guarantee of consent and closeness.
•	Death Penalty	ConComments People can be framed, and there's no way to justify taking a human life. Sure, murderers might not be able to be trusted with their autonomy since they are likely to use it to harm others, but that leaves no rationalization for taking a human life.
•	Drug Legalization	ProComments The drug war is an excuse (however valid) for the increased militarization of police. It's a waste of resources. The money would be better spent on treating most drugs like smoking, with an effective awareness campaign and proper information.
•	Electoral College	Und
•	Environmental Protection	ProComments From an anthropocentric (human-oriented) perspective, I think that our place as 'higher beings capable of rational thought.' gives us a responsibility to rise above naturalistic instincts as well as well. Plus, if you don't take care of your resources, you lose'em. It's that simple.
•	Estate Tax	ProComments Inheritance is the death of equality of opportunity. Despite this, people need a motive for earning wealth through production, so completely abolishing inheritance is impractical. Still, it's a money transfer, and should be taxed to avoid psuedo-royal-dynasties popping up everywhere.
•	European Union	Und
•	Euthanasia	ConComments Too many unknowns. It also opens the door for the "better off dead" justification for killing people. It's not anyones place, including the family members, to decide who lives or dies.
•	Federal Reserve	Und
•	Flat Tax	ConComments It's common sense that ten percent from a person who barely makes end meet is a lot more of a burden than ten percent from a person with millions. Just ask around.
•	Free Trade	ConComments Let's be real. Protectionism is a way of maintaining power, and wealth for the citizens. A governments first obligation is to its citizens; therefore, trading policies should shift in the favor of the people. That being said, the interest of the PEOPLE should be decent wages for workers all over the world.
•	Gay Marriage	ProComments Monogamy is essential for society; heterosexuality is not. It would solve the adoption problem as well.
•	Global Warming Exists	ProComments It's basic science, except for those who work for oil companies. Lets be real.
•	Globalization	ProComments If done correctly, it'll be the best damn thing to ever happen to us.
•	Gold Standard	ConComments There's only so much gold. A currency whose value depends on rarity is subject to power-play by other nations (like when France started buying up U.S gold). Deflation is just as bad as inflation.
•	Gun Rights	ProComments Of course fully-autos should be banned, as their only purpose is mass murder. But honestly, if you can't trust your citizens with arms, then it's not much of a society at all.
•	Homeschooling	ProComments Personally I'd never send my kids to a home school, but sometimes, the only public options are too discriminatory/crappy/lowly funded to make much of a difference anyway. Its the parents choice.
•	Internet Censorship	ConComments The internet is a great haven of free speech, and intellectual revolution. Let's not screw it up.
•	Iran-Iraq War	Und
•	Labor Union	ConComments I think most labor unions are corrupt, but the idea of them is sound. I just don't like how the higher-ups use political clout to further agendas beyond the scope of workers rights.
•	Legalized Prostitution	ProComments If we can't hope to berid of it, we must regulate it. Plus, when its illegal, rapes aren't reported.
•	Medicaid & Medicare	ProComments Lets just expand it to everyone and have a single-payer system. It's really not that hard.
•	Medical Marijuana	ConComments You're literally putting smoke in your lungs. There's better treatment options out there.
•	Military Intervention	ProComments We have obligations to uphold. While I don't encourage starting new wars, I acknowledge that we need to uphold our agreements. It's only fair.
•	Minimum Wage	ProComments I'd rather see higher prices than people starving in the streets despite lower ones.
•	National Health Care	ProComments With the provision that people be able to pay for private insurance, if need be. Besides, we already provide emergency rooms for free. Our heart's in it, so why don't we put our money where our mouth is?
•	National Retail Sales Tax	ProComments If it'll reduce income tax, it's good. Plus, it'll encourage saving and personal responsibility. Also effects those who consume in excess (AKA the rich) rather than the common man.
•	Occupy Movement	ConComments Too divided, with no coherent plan. It was doomed to fail from the start.
•	Progressive Tax	ProComments See Flat Tax. 10% means a lot more to a poor person who can't make ends meet than a multi-millionaire. It's that simple.
•	Racial Profiling	ConComments It's unconstitutional, and flies in the face of human dignity. Why are we even debating this?
•	Redistribution	Und
•	Smoking Ban	ProComments Do what you want in your own home, but you have no right to contaminate the air everyone breaths with smoke.
•	Social Programs	ProComments A society without some sort of social minimum is not a society at all. It's an anarchy with especially powerful gangs leading it.
•	Social Security	ProComments If people would quit touching the fund, it'd be fine!
•	Socialism	ConComments It would serve to stagnate the inherent inequity present in the system, and wouldn't grow to fit the needs of a rising population. Plus, it's just too little autonomy, and not very competitive in the global market. Equality of opportunity trumps equality of results every time.
•	Stimulus Spending	ProComments Provided that its not giant bail-outs, I'm fine with it. Perhaps more investment in small business would help more than corporate bail-outs. Its basic economics. Diversify your portfolio, and don't let the same group (AKA corporations) screw you over time and time again.
•	Term Limits	ProComments Otherwise you have an allegiance to a person rather than to a country, and that can have terrible consequences.
•	Torture	Und
•	United Nations	ProComments Its global, and a great way of legitimizing hegemony. It's not strong enough yet, but one day, we'll see a world government, that values democracy above all. The U.N is that first baby step.
•	War in Afghanistan	ConComments Nobody conquers Afghanistan. Period.
•	War on Terror	UndComments While there is violence, we are the ones that cause the blowback. It's a complex issue.
•	Welfare	ProComments Again, a society without a social minimum is no society at all.