Tolerance sucks

The puzzling part is how moral relativism gets started. Where is the incoherence or unattractiveness in combining “objectivism” and “libertarianism”:
(i) Public sphere: objective goods: eg free-speech, scientific truth, security of property and person; freedom of contract, equality of standing before an impartial framework of law
(ii) Private sphere: operate your life as [...]

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Hiroshima: Right or Wrong?

Some relevant questions:
(i) was the use of atomic weapons radically different in intent or effect from firebombing Dresden?
(ii) could intelligence of Japanese surrender overtures through Russian channels be taken at face value?
(iii) did the use of the a-bomb “spark” the arms race, as opposed to Russian occupation of Austria, or underhand [...]

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Forgiveness, Grace, and God’s Death Sentence

andreaandrewmilne
Dear Rev. Fr. Lavrentiy Beria,
So now Im committing “thought crime”, on the basis that I reasonably ask you to set out an intelligible response to the vid AND/OR I tease you over your wrongly moralised criticism of me as an escort girl? On your channel, you brag of “Englishness”, but have [...]

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The Absurdity of Life without God: Part 2

Your problem as elsewhere is the proposition at 1:08 “It is inconsistent to say (universe is objectively absurd) AND (individuals create their meaning for life)”. It may simply be (i) that we observe and describe values accurately or inaccurately, and (ii) values come and go, like other facts. Your problem stems [...]

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