Friday, 9 July 2021

Hume's Guillotine

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  In every system of morality, which I have hitherto met with, I have always remarked, that the author proceeds for some time in the ordinar...
Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Why I can't be a slave owner

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It is impossible for me to be a slave owner. You see, slavery can only exist where there is a power imbalance resulting in systematic oppre...
Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Probability of "mission creep" in assisted suicide/euthanasia laws - a la Unwin

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In 2003 Steven P Unwin (The Probability of God) tried to use Bayesian probabilities to calculate the probability of the existence of god. U...
Sunday, 16 November 2014

Fallacies commonly employed by the pro suicide/euthanasia movement

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1. Accident: That features of an exceptional case are enough to justify rejection of a general rule. 2. Aprioism. Making a presumption in...
Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Lessons to learn from Sam Harris' response to being called sexist.

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Note, this is concerned with the response  "I'm not the sexist pig you're looking for"  and reactions to it, not the origi...
Sunday, 21 September 2014

Using the unforeseeable to justify the exclusion of the foreseeable

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I have seen this type of (to me) rather bizarre non sequitur argument a few times over recent months, and from individuals that I would norm...
Monday, 8 September 2014

On the intersection of Imagination and Reality

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Recently I was asked if I thought it a good idea to base decisions about reality on imaginary things. Time and the limitations of the mediu...