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Right wingers are often greedy and opportunistic, which has never been a good combo. What do you mean? Greedy and opportunistic has led to things like Bell Labs (due to the greed and opportunistic monopoly of Ma Bell), Lockheed Skunkworks, Google, Thomas Edison and his Menlo Park were *extremely* opportunistic. Think ... | humanity could be much more advanced without right-winged politicians | 0 | 2016-01-26T16:35:24 | 33 | 1 | 16 |
To me it seems they are a normal country just trying to survive. Survive? against what threat? They aren't breading terrorists or trying to cause massive financial destabilization like China by devaluing their currency. China isn't devaluing their currency or causing massive financial destabilization. Russia is, howev... | Russia seems like a normal country. It shouldn't be hated as much as it is by the west. | 0 | 2016-12-14T23:04:04 | 43 | 4 | null |
A right is an option or a contract offered by a specific benefactor to a specific beneficiary We are all the benefactor and we are all the beneficiary. Human rights are something we all agree on, and they protect us all. It's basically "Well I don't want that happening to *me*... so let's everyone agree that nobody wil... | I believe human rights are a lie. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-13T17:35:56 | 151 | 0 | 9Δ |
First, police protection comes mostly in the form of *deterrence*; as in, they will take action to uphold laws, so you'd better obey the law or the police will come after you. Simply by existing, they are protecting you - if not, most people would be murdering/raping/pillaging anyone weaker than themselves without fea... | American police exist solely to protect monied interests through imprisonment of and violence against the lower classes. | 0 | 2016-07-08T18:56:13 | 35 | 1 | null |
Evolution doesn't have a goal. It's not supposed to make sense. Our brains are incredibly complex machines that give us the power of critical thinking, problem solving, and learning. Is it so hard to believe the random mutations that gave us our brains' critical functions also gave us random shit that didn't kill us,... | Emotions outside of an evolutionary context do not make sense | 0 | 2016-07-27T03:45:21 | 40 | 1 | 14 |
I find myself kind of agreeing, but I'll play devil's advocate. The majority of crimes are bad for America/the population and good for the criminal. Why should someone who has made the evil choice to put themselves before everyone else have a say in how the country runs? For example, a tax fraudest has proven he would ... | Felons should be allowed to vote | 1 | 2015-06-30T20:14:10 | 90 | 5 | 1 |
The very definition of a chemical element is determined by the number of protons in its nucleus. Those Protons, along with however many Neutrons it takes to hold it together, comprise its Atomic Weight. Now, it is true that atoms of high atomic weight are unstable and decay. Think of it as a giant lego sculpture--you c... | Elements created in a lab that cannot exist in nature or in quantities greater than a few atoms for microseconds at a time have no place on the periodic table | 1 | 2015-06-17T21:36:13 | 88 | 3 | null |
Here are some basic principles I think we can all agree on: 1. Taking something without paying for it is theft unless it's being given out for free. True. But how is visiting a Web page with an ad blocker taking something without paying for it? If I visit the page without an ad blocker then I'm still not paying the con... | Using an adblocker is morally wrong | 0 | 2016-01-09T07:00:05 | 61 | 3 | null |
Depends on the type of freeway really. In some places I'd be wary of cutting over to the leftmost lane to pass some people if it is 3+ lanes. In my anecdotal experience that's when you have to watch out for those guys the most. In all cases, I find it best to let the fastest drivers pass you, since (as others have note... | I don't think I have to go any faster on a highway, and people trying to cut ahead of me going 90+ miles are reckless and putting me and everyone else driving in danger. | 1 | 2015-08-08T01:13:14 | 79 | 6 | 1 |
When the technology arrives, it will be...but AI hasnt gotten there yet... Im a mechanical engineer who works in a factory with robots, granted its not Watson state-of-the-art tech, but they fuck up a lot more often than most people would think. Its just not as simple as "automate ALL of the "street-sweeper" jobs!!"...... | Fast food joints should be completely automated | 1 | 2015-03-27T22:52:52 | 122 | 5 | 1Δ |
This is all predicated on the **purpose** of Reddit. Our mission is to help people discover places where they can be their true selves, and empower our community to flourish. Tailoring the site specifically, /r/all that is, to non-americans is not allowing it's users to create *their own communities* that are represent... | Reddit is too amero-centric and we should actively work against it. | 0 | 2016-08-31T22:53:47 | 62 | 0 | null |
* Autism is a spectrum disorder. Many people on the spectrum live typical lives, have degrees, careers, get married, and have families. There is no objective boundary of where you go from low functioning to high functioning autism. Additionally, it hasn't been determined whether autism is hereditary. Most research seem... | I believe all mentally disabled people should be sterilized. CMV | 1 | 2013-06-14T02:25:39 | 92 | 4 | 5 |
You're argument is that "throw the baby out with the bath water" is the only option vs no abortions ever. [One percent of abortions are because of rape and 12% due to a physical problem due to the health of the mother.](http://www.abort73.com/abortion_facts/us_abortion_statistics/) That's 13%. Now that leaves the rema... | A pro-life position with an exception for rape victims isn't realistically possible. | 0 | 2015-09-14T03:56:00 | 146 | 1 | null |
But there aren't a lot of men in social work and teaching jobs. This is in large part a historical issue; it's not much unlike saying that there aren't many male "secretaries" or, in India, Brahmin garbagemen. It is, for the most part, not social/structural issues preventing men from e.g. teaching jobs. I mean, note th... | Feminism and Mens Rights Activist are equally discriminatory and should be grouped as "Human Rights Activists" CMV | 0 | 2013-09-12T07:53:02 | 123 | 0 | null |
Most ethical vegetarians come to it on their own terms. The intellectual version of this is usually something like this: "Why do we eat some animals and not others? Why is it ok to eat a cow, but not a dolphin or a puppy?" A more emotional version goes something like: "I know a lot of animals with whom I feel a perso... | I don't want to be a vegetarian | 1 | 2015-05-22T03:22:26 | 179 | 36 | null |
Well, if you're aiming for "most efficient" then large families that stay together is far more efficient. For example, a friend of mine's family all lives together... her dad, her dad's mother, her mother, her mother's sister, etc. This is far more efficient, as the dad, mom and aunt all work while her grandma can take... | The traditional family system of "dad works, mom stays at home" is the most efficient for raising a stable family. CMV. | 1 | 2014-02-04T21:16:20 | 195 | 4 | 6 |
But you can't turn off your brain like that. And the people cyber bullying affects most strongly are the type of person to be self-conscious and hyperaware. This means they will replay criticism levied against them over and over again in their head. Until it feels a lot more real and important than anything else. B... | There is no such thing as cyber bullying because you can just turn off your device or block the sender. | 0 | 2016-02-12T23:00:28 | 79 | 1 | null |
There is a big difference in how the mythology of Scientology is used. Every other major religion you generally learn about the mythology upfront or are instructed in it as part of your indoctrination into the religion. They use these mythologies to relate to your daily life and uncover some mystery of the human experi... | Scientology is no more absurd than religions like Christianity and Islam | 1 | 2015-04-27T22:13:47 | 650 | 27 | 1Δ |
For starters, trans men are men. Whether or not you want to share a bathroom, it is generally considered a bare-minimum to refer to people's gender as they wish for it to be referred to. This isn't girls wanting to use the men's bathroom, this is boys and men who want to use the men's bathroom. Secondly... Okay. Bathro... | Transgender people should NOT be able to use the bathroom of their OPPOSITE BIOLOGICAL sex | 1 | 2015-03-10T10:57:35 | 141 | 60 | 3Δ |
Tipping as a percentage of the total bill incentivizes the server to perform in the best interest of the paying customer and the restaurant. It also gives preference to service jobs in higher value establishments which have a higher requirement for good service. The primary job of service staff is to ensure customers h... | CMV- Our tipping system is screwed up and should be changed to reflect the amount of time a server has our table, and not a percentage of the bill. | 0 | 2017-01-29T17:30:41 | 49 | 1 | 4 |
The US has a much higher standard of living than other countries. We could do more good with less money if we don't focus on our own country. Other countries often have other low-hanging fruit. For example, we can hand out mosquito nets and save lives for around $2000 each. We can't do that in the US because malaria is... | The U.S. spends too much on foreign assistance; this may feel compassionate but could be better spent domestically or on defense | 0 | 2017-01-25T20:41:28 | 81 | 1 | 1 |
I meant to ask, what do you mean by moral obligation? If it always to act in your self interest, and for some people not eating animals in in their self interest, how does this not fall under obligation? This is a legitimate question out of curiosity as much as trying to convince you to my own way of thinking. I've rea... | I believe that it is not morally obligatory to be a vegetarian. CMV. | 1 | 2014-03-14T22:17:34 | 202 | 1 | 12 |
I think that it is pretty typical to mention these things early on. I would hope so! As said, if people have deal-breakers, they should express those sentiments early on. Would you agree that not doing so for years and then abruptly ending a relationship when it comes to light is not "perfectly OK"? | Breaking up with someone or refusing to date them because of their sexual history is perfectly okay | 1 | 2017-01-10T16:27:58 | 168 | 4 | 8 |
Why apply this specifically to the child/parent relationship? Shouldn't it be equally feasible for a parent to kill their adult children in the event that they become permanently unable to communicate/object (assuming there's no spouse/grandchildren to object). Or for one spouse to euthanize the other? Etc, etc. | CMV Since parents can abort for financial reasons, children should be able to euthanize their elderly parents for an inheritance. | 1 | 2014-01-30T23:48:55 | 46 | 2 | 1 |
I have a two year old. If I had to get my own food and drinks I would have to either leave my son unattended or carry him around with me every time I needed something. That sounds like an exhausting hassle. Honestly, I'd rather just stay home and eat if your scenario was the case. | I don't see the need for restaurant waiters | 1 | 2014-08-10T05:27:56 | 44 | 17 | 10 |
I would like to really argue with you about it. But there is a problem. As you describe your faith, I see you as being a Deist. With one major exception, your description of your faith is relatively consistent with in that. When it comes to things beyond our ability to explain scientifically, I have no problem saying ... | I am a scientist, and I believe a god exists. There is nothing wrong with this position, CMV | 0 | 2014-02-18T04:32:53 | 566 | 0 | null |
Student feedback is important, but this would not be effective. First, if a student is failing, they may just blame the teacher instead of taking responsibility for any mistakes they have made (like never turning in homework or studying). I'm sure you knew students like this. Ones that never did anything in class, but ... | I believe that we can change american school's by allowing students to evaulate their teachers, CMV | 1 | 2014-01-14T02:39:46 | 59 | 0 | 3 |
Yeah, I'm truly beginning to understand that more and more people think they are doing what is best for the country, despite how others may see it. That sounds like your view has been changed | There is no sound reason to vote Republican this time around. | 1 | 2015-10-24T23:25:57 | 297 | 1 | 22 |
See if [this one](http://moviecitynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hot-coffee.jpg) works. Or are you saying McDonald's recognised they served their coffee hotter than other places and so gave an additional warning on the cup to indicate this but that was what wasn't clear enough? What I'm saying is that they... | McDonald's was not responsible for the injuries of the lady who spilled coffee over herself | 1 | 2015-07-27T03:32:21 | 168 | 2 | 8 |
I'd argue for the spear. See some counterpoints below. You can dual wield it. If you wanted, you could carry two tomahawks/axes should you be comfortable with that unlike other alternatives like a baseball bat. I want to tackle this specifically: You are not going to get any practical benefit to dual-wielding unless yo... | In a zombie (or similar, e.g., "Clickers" from Last of Us) apocalypse, a tomahawk or small ax would be the ideal melee weapon. | 0 | 2016-01-28T23:36:39 | 98 | 1 | 69 |
I don't believe that. I believe it's a combination of things in and out of ones control, and how they act in such situations. In most conversation, "luck" is a description of the outcome and not an external force that makes things happen. When a situation has multiple outcomes, "lucky" describes your feelings about wha... | I don't believe in Luck | 1 | 2014-10-22T21:02:35 | 31 | 1 | 18Δ |
So, the word moist is effective because when you say the word, it evokes a sound that is reminiscent of the action. I'll try and describe it further. The M in moist is a a soft sounds. "M"'s and "S"'s are both letters that are very soft and non abraisive. and the oi in moist draws out the word. Just saying "moi" you ca... | "Bulbous" is a far grosser word than "moist." | 1 | 2015-08-28T17:40:43 | 35 | 3 | 11 |
Your problem is not with *democracy*, it's with *people*. Democracy is designed to represent *all* of the people and give an equal opportunity for *all* of their views to be heard. Your issue is that there are a lot of people that have views that you find ugly. Maybe you want to think that your country is above those ... | I honestly believe that not everybody should be allowed to vote for a governement.(Not what you think) | 0 | 2014-11-11T21:33:19 | 33 | 2 | 33 |
Your views directly conflict with the reality of limited resources. If I consume resources that you want, you are directly affected as those resources are depleted. The very rules of economics and basic maths show the unreasonable nature of your proposal. | Any action performed by a person that reduces the quality of another's life should be illegal. CMV. | 1 | 2013-08-23T19:44:16 | 65 | 2 | 1 |
Why is betting allowed in some countries? As far as I understand it, this is how betting works. There is a bookie or an agency that takes bets on some event A. Let's assume there are a total of X people in this hypothetical world, and they all bet on this event A. The bookie is the one setting the odds for this event s... | Betting should be illegal. I think it is unethical to take someone else's money even thought it is "legal" to do so. | 0 | 2017-06-19T18:21:25 | 32 | 1 | 27 |
Grades aren't supposed to translate into real-world experience! That's why you should pursue internships, join clubs, participate in social activities, be a leader and blaze your own trail. High grades are valuable in telling employers that you could be a focused, diligent, quick-learning, and capable worker. A 4.0 stu... | I believe that grades in school are completely useless. CMV | 0 | 2013-05-10T09:18:35 | 29 | 3 | 2 |
Currency never really had any inherent value to begin with anyway. Even back in the days of the gold standard for the U.S. dollar. You could trade in your dollars for gold, but that promise might have been rescinded at any point, with change in policy, collapse of the government, etc. Now as for the security and safety... | I'm convinced Bitcoins are either a delusion, or a long con. Help me CMV. | 0 | 2013-09-02T16:42:16 | 970 | 10 | null |
I believe that if we mix children of different socioeconomic classes into one school we can ensure that there is at least some dialogue and communication between classes and groups. No, there won't. Hatred and resentment is cultural, and it doesn't change just because you attempt to put "rival" peoples' children togeth... | Private schools and homeschooling should be banned and every child put into public schools. | 0 | 2016-08-22T01:38:38 | 97 | 1 | null |
Do Up and The Incredibles count as Disney films? Because Up has some great chase scenes, and the bit with the old man with a shotgun and the horrified child and animals hiding thing was pretty great. And The Incredibles is basically one big action film. Haven't seen Tarzan, though. Or, at least, I don't remember it. | The best action/fight scenes in *any* Disney movie are found in "Tarzan" from 1999. | 0 | 2015-06-29T23:46:49 | 29 | 1 | null |
Gender and sex is confusing because the language we're using has multiple levels of meaning and often your meaning shares nothing in common with mine, preventing any meaningful expression of self between us. If gender and sex were on a color spectrum, your terms might describe the shades from red to yellow while mine d... | The notion of changing and identifying as a different gender doesn't make sense at its core. | 0 | 2016-12-08T00:52:39 | 489 | 2 | 3 |
Atheist here. I don't completely disagree with all your points. Pro guns: Christianity is a very passive religion. It seems that guns are a direct contradiction to many base principles in christianity, such as 'Thou shalt not kill', and just in general to turn the other cheek. This one I have difficulty understanding. ... | Fundamental christians often have more anti christian political views than atheists | 0 | 2017-02-20T20:41:22 | 60 | 1 | null |
That's pretty restrictive to say someone can't base their argument for shopping somewhere on the person's self-interest, considering that's one of the main deciding factors. However, just from what you have in your post: My reasoning is, if they can afford to make their price that low, why isn't the price that low alre... | All other things being reasonably equal, people should not buy from places that offer price matching or advertise/offer things like "We'll beat their price by $xxx or X%". | 0 | 2015-03-11T02:50:51 | 80 | 1 | 1Δ |
I agree. So they can still get welfare and food stamps but I don't see how they deserve more money from their job. All you're doing is moving the payment of basic services from companies who are actively trying to make profits to the government, who is trying to provide services. In doing that, you're subsidizing the ... | Starting a family is a luxury and should be done at your own risk. We would shame two homeless people for having six kids and we should do the same to low wage workers. | 1 | 2015-10-09T19:44:57 | 532 | 184 | 19 |
If your preference is to do it all in one day then no use debating any further. So, do you agree that, for those people, 2 in 1 laundry machines are NOT better? | 2 in 1 washer dryers are better than having 2 separate machines | 1 | 2015-12-16T22:50:58 | 24 | 3 | 143 |
The victim is quoted as saying "I don't want [Brock] to feel like his life is over and I don't want him to rot away in jail; he doesn't need to be behind bars." Actually, this quote came from a Probation officer who interviewed her. She disputed this account and complained to the Judge that Turner failed to show remors... | Brock Turner's Sentence Was Just | 0 | 2016-06-13T23:51:22 | 62 | 8 | 35 |
I will be a but more specific than /u/crayshack. Any situation can be viewed as zero sum, but it's smarter to recast it so that everybody wins. If your goal is to win the game, you are playing zero sum, but if your goal is to improve your game, make more money in the future, and provide fans with a good experience, it... | All sports are zero-sum games. | 1 | 2014-07-13T10:19:13 | 27 | 10 | 6 |
Yes, but to base your CMV off of that, you now have to prove that Christianity is correct. And if anyone could do that, literally billions of lives could've been saved. To say that the existence of evil is proof of God's nonexistence as you did in your original post is to simply ignore the existence of polytheistic rel... | The existence of evil is proof that God does not exist. | 1 | 2015-10-29T10:24:10 | 96 | 3 | 3 |
A foul in the last minute of the game should result in one free throw for the fouled team plus possession even if they miss the free throw. Problem solved. | NBA should fix the issue where the last few minutes of the game devolve into constant purposeful fouls and free throws. In particular NBA should consider a clock run-off for fouls committed by a team that is behind on points during last few minutes of the game. | 0 | 2015-11-07T01:15:29 | 331 | 1 | null |
Then the Ring would have won. The Ring represents evil, and throughout the story corrupts and drives men to violence, greed and hate. By murdering his kin because of the Ring, Elrond would have been succumbing to evil. Should Sam have murdered Frodo for the same reason? What better way for the Ring to perish than to ta... | Elrond should have pushed Isildur into the fire. In fact, he was morally required to do so. | 1 | 2014-06-16T01:24:19 | 143 | 1 | 50Δ |
That's not the point. Vegans are okay with animals killing each other: they don't know any better, and many of them absolutely need to in order to survive. As intelligent animals though, humans CAN recognize the morality of killing other living creatures. The immorality of hurting animals is only created when it is per... | Meat is murder, but all animals kill themselves, and the vegans do nothing to prevent that, that is why veganism is useless. | 0 | 2017-03-11T19:43:11 | 73 | 7 | 81 |
I personally do not know enough about boxing or MMA to say for sure what my opinion is regarding them, but isn't the loser determined by who gets knocked out or cannot fight any longer. Often no one is knocked out, and at the end of the match the judges determine the winner. For your second point, no, that does not mea... | I don't think marching band, cheerleading, dance, etc. should be considered sports. | 1 | 2014-10-13T21:40:38 | 61 | 5 | 5 |
I argue that what is thought of as capitalism today has never been attempted! That is kinda the whole point in Atlas Shrugged - that it has never really been tried. Absolute, unbridled, free-market capitalism has never and should never be attempted! There simply aren't enough economic incentives to keep greed in-check ... | I think automation and artificial intelligence will lead to the need for capitalism to be replaced. | 0 | 2017-01-25T14:19:48 | 47 | 1 | null |
I'll start off by saying that a lot of places have laws in effect that do prohibit this type of thing but the problem with these laws is that they are almost impossible to enforce. A lot of residential areas have a db limit but the problem is in proving that said car/truck is over the limit. When I was a young punk I h... | I believe purposefully loud vehicle exhaust should be made illegal for street legal cars and trucks. CMV | 0 | 2013-08-30T16:03:59 | 354 | 68 | null |
At most, it would be disastrous for the current government. They might lose support, and then lose the next election. Elections is where the people have their real say. Also consider that there's been a lot of views floating around about people changing their minds, feeling betrayed that the Leave-campaign outright li... | Anything short of full compliance with the Brexit referendum would end the legitimacy of British democracy | 1 | 2016-06-26T13:43:18 | 264 | 122 | 9 |
I understand that in an anecdotal case it is not scientific because it cannot be replicated and held to control standards, but I don't think this is grounds for dismissing the case as merely anecdotal and not worth mentioning. One of those is a positive statement, and one of those is a normative statement. "merely anec... | I like anecdotal evidence. | 0 | 2015-08-27T09:54:55 | 54 | 2 | 12 |
The reason we're susceptible to conspiracy theories isn't because they're comforting (because, sometimes they're just as unsettling for people as random chance, if not more in certain cases). It's because psychologically we're not innately all that good at rationally and reasonably evaluating evidence and coming to sol... | Conspiracy theories are primarily used as a safety blanket to make sense of a cruel senseless world. | 1 | 2016-02-04T23:31:11 | 79 | 16 | 16 |
The Thesaurus isn't like a dictionary - it gives zero context, and deduces the nuance between words to pairs of interchangeable synonyms. When I am stuck somewhere, I will often utilize a thesaurus to kick start the process again. I don't just go: "Oh, that's technically a synonym, meaning its exactly equal, so I'll st... | We Should Burn Every Thesaurus | 0 | 2015-04-17T17:27:10 | 46 | 1 | 11Δ |
First of all, politi"fact" is biased. [Just look at the one about his ad](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jan/04/donald-trump/donald-trumps-first-tv-ad-shows-migrants-southern-/). The ad didn't claim it was footage of mexico, it was just footage. It could have been an illustration for all it mat... | Donald Trump is a conman and his supporters are gullible fools or willfully ignorant. | 0 | 2016-02-15T04:16:34 | 282 | 5 | 3Δ |
The biggest problem as I see it, is enforcement. Should we punish someone for saying something they genuinely believe to be true, but later turns out to be false? For example, what if I say, "today is May 2nd," and genuinely believed that. Should I be punished for being misinformed? What if it is a much more difficult... | Freedom of speech is overrated | 1 | 2017-05-03T14:04:13 | 54 | 5 | 6 |
Banning something is not equivalent to making it 'impossible'. People are still making the choice not to do that illegal thing. Punching somebody is illegal, yet you still have the choice not to punch somebody. What would it even mean to have a world in which it were impossible to punch people? Or impossible to have ga... | If your religious beliefs are the sole reason for thinking something is wrong, then it does not make sense to ban/make that thing illegal. | 0 | 2015-08-19T12:51:30 | 40 | 1 | null |
The things you've posted here are a stretch, some admittedly less than others. The plane crash really isn't ironic. Planes crash, albeit rarely. He just got miserably unlucky. Irony would be if he was an aviation inspector on his way to collect an award for all the great work he had done inspecting that plane. But tho... | I believe that the song "ironic" by Alanis Morissette is unfairly criticized. | 0 | 2014-07-16T05:12:57 | 92 | 68 | 38Δ |
Everyone knows that idiot with high IQ and the great socializer who is "bad at math" (a term I hate but I will roll with it). Which of the 2 is a better hire? Which of the 2 is "smarter"? It seems to me that your problem is with people who think that having a high IQ makes you "smart". IQ is a measure of intelligence, ... | IQ should not be used as a measure of cognitive ability | 0 | 2017-05-26T17:09:57 | 50 | 4 | 4 |
The person might be valuable in other ways. Why would an alley mugger be more harmful to society than, say, a warmongering politician or a businessman who built his fortune on child labor? We simply aren't capable of judging someone's total effect on society, that's why we stick to punishing specific crimes rather tha... | Whenever a violent criminal (burglar, thief, murderer) dies, even if the circumstances surrounding his death are shady (police brutality, vigilantism, etcetera), society didn't lose anything of value and might have even gained from the event. | 0 | 2014-12-12T14:56:30 | 54 | 1 | null |
"Privilege" is not a complicated or arcane word. Ordinary people understand all the time what "It's been a privilege playing with you", or "I had the privilege to see the Grang Canyon" mean. It means advantage, benefit, favor, luck. "There are advatages to being white", or "society favors white people", are incredibly... | White Privilege should be renamed to encourage the social rise of minorities rather than the condemnation of white people. | 1 | 2017-01-27T06:04:29 | 396 | 98 | 27 |
Minimization of suffering and maximization of happiness should be the basic goal of all people. Good and bad emotions are the only things that are, in of themselves good and bad. This isn't well-defined though. Minimizing suffering and maximizing happiness can be in conflict. Consider the following scenarios: Scenario ... | The only valid moral philosophy is one that compels minimization of suffering and maximization of happiness. The disdain at the idea of killing someone for their organs is not evidence of a flaw in utilitarianism, but in human evaluation of ethical conundrums. | 1 | 2016-12-12T23:59:10 | 49 | 21 | 15 |
It is the burden of installing a dashcam if you do not have one, ensure that your dashcam is working and meets the requirements if you do have one. It is completely unnecessary to force drivers to do this. Am I supposed to CYV that insurance is a good idea as well? | Dashcams should be required on cars. Truth shall set you free.. from insurance scams and indefensible premiums alike. We need better factors than traditional ones such as speed/age/gender. | 1 | 2015-04-21T01:59:10 | 88 | 5 | 1Δ |
There's a few errors. For starters, smarter people may make smarter decisions in the specific areas they are knowledgeable in, but it in no way indicates that their decisions are always more MORAL. People's personal value assessments infiltrate everything they do. What indication is there that someone who is a very adv... | I think that the correlation between education and liberal politics, as well as the tendency of society to move leftward, is evidence that liberal politics have more merit than the alternatives. CMV | 0 | 2013-07-06T14:40:32 | 81 | 6 | 1 |
2 main things I disagree with you on 1) The war in afghanistan happened after 9/11 and it was to force Al-Qaeda to not openly have training camps and operate in a very organized and sophisticated structure that was protected by the taliban. If you consider the freedom to live as a freedom, then that war was to protect ... | I was born in 1979. I do't believe there has been a single war in my lifetime that was fought to protect my freedom. | 0 | 2015-06-13T20:18:49 | 553 | 1 | null |
You quoted some examples about times they have bothered you, how in the world are they supposed to know where you have been? When you got off that flight, maybe they didn't see your bags, maybe they thought you were on a spiritual Trip (which millions of people do). It is also a place of travel. As I was returning ho... | It should be viewed as rude and socially unacceptable for Christians to proselytize to strangers. | 0 | 2014-06-22T04:42:02 | 54 | 2 | 1 |
different people are entitled to their own ethics... it wasn't that long ago that children were working in america.. and don't fool yourself, it wasn't because we decided it was unethical for them to work, but rather after the industrial revolution they were no longer needed to plow the fields etc, and could concentrat... | It should be illegal for American companies to outsource to factories with conditions that would be illegal in America | 1 | 2014-06-29T08:07:27 | 308 | 36 | 3 |
The stigma surrounding incest is nearly universal among cultures, and appears to be biological in origin. Specifically, a revulsion to sexual interaction with people with whom one lived from the ages of four to ten appears to be normal, and it seems to be an adaptation for preventing incestuous copulation (since brothe... | I don't think Incest is a big deal at all. CMV? | 1 | 2013-09-04T15:03:26 | 534 | 93 | 1 |
They have actually repicated protein generation from basic chemicals in a lab, under conditions that occured around the formation of the earth. Science, and learning, is about a process. That process is one of being exposed to something, and then verifying it. Math and science are full of circular ways of double checki... | Teaching Creationism or Intelligent Design in school is OK as long as it is said that science supports evolution. | 1 | 2016-01-25T01:59:25 | 20 | 12 | 8 |
The 1% aren't magic. They will need help from the 99% in the form of research funding, willingness to sacrifice, or even moral support. We're not talking about the 1% richest here, but the 1% most creative and intelligent. Scientists generally aren't swimming in cash, so they need funding (which is at the whim of the g... | Climate change isn't something 99% of the population should worry about because the ingenuity of the other 1% will fix it in 50-100 years | 1 | 2016-12-17T17:59:36 | 48 | 3 | 10 |
Remember, one of the biggest part of Roman collapse was still invasion. Yes there was corruption, yes there was a shrinking economy and yes there was decaying infrastructure, but it still took the Visigoths and the Vandals to actually sack Rome. Look at the Eastern Roman Empire, had similar problems before the split bu... | America will crumble internally like the ancient Romans. | 0 | 2014-04-28T13:16:10 | 119 | 5 | 11 |
Yes she chose to get drunk and should be held accountable for actions performed while drunk. But it takes two to tango. When we accuse someone of rape, we're holding *them* accountable for their actions, too! And their actions are asking for and having sex with someone they KNOW is mentally compromised. They are making... | If a woman gives consent while drunk, she still gave consent | 1 | 2016-08-12T14:07:54 | 1,724 | 156 | 78 |
You've already identified one reason to buy more expensive headphones -- they're more durable and will last longer. This is especially true of headphones with moving parts -- folding, extending, or swiveling. But also consider the cable itself. Often more expensive headphones will have a braided cable (which is more du... | expensive headphones are not worth the price in relation to cheap ones. | 1 | 2017-05-24T18:59:23 | 36 | 7 | 8 |
There is a plethora of synthetic languages all better designed for both concrete communication, ease of learning and consistency than English. Or any other natural language for that matter. When calculating the "value" of an international language you also have to factor in the ability to force a better language on the... | English should not be the international language | 1 | 2015-06-21T21:40:22 | 32 | 5 | null |
I feel kinda bad for you, because you've never experienced a night of drinks and laughter with friends, so your experience of alcohol is coming from a sober perspective. If you're curious, there's nothing wrong with having a couple of drinks with some friends one night. After that, it's fair to start making judgments a... | I have no desire to drink alcohol or partake in its associated culture, even at legal age. | 1 | 2015-01-18T22:08:55 | 446 | 2 | 1 |
Yeah, I've had the education, I know what cigarettes are and what they do to me. But here's the thing, I've been visiting a nursing home every second week for the past 5 years, and let me tell you, there is no virtue in living until you're 90, I've seen people forget their children's names, I get very uncomfortable in ... | Anybody who has taken up smoking tobacco since the year 1990 has made a proundly stupid decision and has nobody to blame but themselves. CMV. | 0 | 2013-08-26T12:40:29 | 924 | 3 | 1 |
"First few"? As in a certain number of drinks? People become intoxicated after different numbers of drinks. How can we legally determine what that amount is? And you say "something other than yourself". No, you are still ledge_and, no matter how many drinks you've had, but your ability to make judgements and decisions ... | I believe that people shouldn't be legally held accountable for their actions when significantly intoxicated, CMV. | 1 | 2013-03-27T22:55:29 | 57 | 1 | 27 |
While I agree that Batman has his flaws between his mental problems and [antiquated sense of morality](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kscfb9XzPs), I would still classify him as a hero. *^^EDIT: ^^The ^^link ^^is ^^to ^^a ^^scene ^^from ^^Batman: ^^Under ^^the ^^Red ^^Hood. ^^Don't ^^recommend ^^watching ^^it ^^if ^^y... | Batman isn't a hero. | 1 | 2016-12-09T17:28:32 | 173 | 184 | 36 |
Essentially they are saying out loud what the fanatical republican base is already thinking. This is a HUGE anomaly in terms of elections. Nearly always, a moderate candidate wins the nomination. Remember, in 2012, while Santorum won Iowa, Romney won the nomination. Most analysts, for example Nate Silver, still expect ... | I don't believe we'll see another republican president for a very long time, maybe never | 1 | 2015-12-14T19:09:56 | 59 | 11 | 4 |
Japan is dependent on white Westerners for trade, military, disaster relief, and entertainment, Well, then we're dependent on China. ___________ Nations are interdependent. Is the USA a dependent of Canada because they use Canadian timber and electricity? ________ Developed nations stand on their own with help from ... | Nonwhite people should be grateful for the accomplishments that whites have made. African Americans should be thankful that they do not still live in Africa and nonwhite countries should view colonialism in a positive light. | 1 | 2015-06-02T03:12:03 | 75 | 8 | 3 |
A and C both actively detract from your studying time and ability to do well in school, which is more important. The only time I would recommend them is if someone needs/wants the money. Additionally for A, jobs that high school kids can get are generally a bummer. Apparently it was a good life experience for you, but ... | It should be customary to get a job before you go to college. (Having your first job at 22 isn't okay.) | 0 | 2015-06-04T08:18:49 | 59 | 1 | 1 |
When it comes to winning hearts and minds, it's certainly more effective to be infinitely patient and calm. But most people can't live up to that, and the reasons why are pretty sympathetic. I think the most common reason is that, especially on the internet, people often get dragged into conversations about topics like... | It is completely inefficient to be condescending to or demonize the ignorant. | 1 | 2016-02-18T23:51:00 | 56 | 9 | 10 |
I actually think his tax returns would reveal precious little about the Russia investigation, as people tend not to report felonious activity to the IRS. We already know he has a lot of assets in Russia. There is likely nothing new to learn from his taxes on the Eastern front. One clear difference is that it has becom... | Crying for Trump's tax returns is the same as crying for Obama's birth certificate | 0 | 2017-06-20T17:46:46 | 39 | 5 | null |
I also think your example is one that makes this all the easier. For instance as someone part of the gay community I actually like a lot of the posts you end up hating. A big reason I like those posts is because 1. Anti-LGBTQ beliefs challenge my humanity and that I'm lesser due to something I have zero control over, i... | The use of insults in arguments does nothing to change the views of others | 0 | 2017-04-14T01:53:32 | 40 | 1 | null |
No one knows the future. Perhaps overfishing will have serious, disastrous effects on mankind. Though, perhaps as fish numbers dwindle, we will learn to depend on other food sources. Or perhaps technologies will improve our ability to synthesize fish (and other meat) products. Perhaps the rapid deforestation will lead ... | Humanity is Doomed | 1 | 2016-01-20T16:15:30 | 45 | 7 | 4 |
I came here to say what several other posters have already said: while I agree that prenups may be smart and pragmatic (which you argue for quite convincingly in the body of your post), I definitely disagree with your title claim that they are "incredibly **romantic**" (which you did not seem to argue for at all in the... | Despite the stigma, Prenuptial agreements are not only smart but incredibly romantic | 1 | 2016-12-09T21:56:25 | 38 | 3 | 1 |
I think this might be a case of semantics and in my experience that makes is somewhat subjective. My favorite mental exercise exploring semantics is to consider the question from a different latitude, longitude, or time. You used Newton as an example, if you were to travel back and time and tell Newton you were a Sc... | Bill Nye is not a scientist | 0 | 2015-01-28T00:43:07 | 263 | 1 | null |
You could argue that the water cooler or break room in a work environment gives the same social value as smoking. I know it's cliche, but if multiple people gather around the water cooler in an office at the same time it can turn into a short social situation, much like smoking breaks. The same can be said for the brea... | Nothing can replace the social value of smoking tobacco | 0 | 2014-06-10T06:37:50 | 94 | 6 | 38Δ |
I'm American. In America, the main secondary language we learn is Spanish (If we learn one at all) because a large portion of the population speaks it. Why should I learn, say, Japanese, when I'd wager less than .01% of the population of America speaks exclusively Japanese? People who only speak Spanish is probably aro... | It is more valuable for an English speaker to learn an East Asian language than any European language | 0 | 2015-08-24T01:02:57 | 20 | 2 | 1 |
1) Solar will never be what you want it to be, it's physically impossible. I once did the math for a discussion like this and to power an Airbus with exclusively solar operating at 100% efficiency (can't possibly go higher) and assuming an electric turbine works as well as a gas one, the plane would need to have a vert... | If solar power comes from a source that lasts about 5 billions years, and oil resources last about 500 years from now, why aren't we moving towards solar power as a planet? | 0 | 2015-12-10T20:23:37 | 75 | 1 | 2Δ |
It's improbable that it would work It worked in Afghanistan against the USSR and USA. It worked in Libya against Qadaffi. If the citizens have a strong moral case, the police and soldiers would be sympathetic. Many would join the rebels, particularly if they can hold out long enough to make that kind of decision. Which... | "The right to bear arms is needed to protect the people from an oppressive government" is a bad argument. | 0 | 2016-10-25T17:18:41 | 136 | 30 | null |
Cancer is unique to circumstance so it makes it hard to wrap up the disease with a blanket statement like "I'll refuse treatment if I get cancer!" altogether. When cancer is found in its earlier stages, many people actually may have a much better chance of a full recovery. Some cancer is slow, and due to that more eas... | If I am ever diagnosed with cancer, it is in my best interest to not seek treatment | 1 | 2015-09-21T16:14:18 | 47 | 1 | 3 |
A person has the right to refuse to refer to someone by their pronouns just like they have the right to insult and disrespect them. So, I won't change that view directly, as I (I happen to be a NB trans person by the way) agree with you. However, I think that that is being misapplied in this context, and in fact rarely... | The right to be referred to as your pronoun of choosing does not take precedence over someone's right to ignore it | 1 | 2016-11-04T22:35:50 | 198 | 5 | 13 |
I'm a white man, and I find black women very attractive; my problem has been that they've all, almost without fail, thought that I was beneath dating. I'm admittedly an overweight nerd-type, and I have had some luck with a few who thought I was a good catch but honestly there was always something in the way of making i... | The depressing okcupid/dating studies tells black women we should use skin bleaching creams to lighten our skin if we want to find a date. | 0 | 2016-02-25T23:37:12 | 168 | 1 | 76 |
Make-up ? https://www.reddit.com/r/MakeupAddiction/ not many men there Child raising? Isn't this woman technically excellent? https://www.reddit.com/user/ChristineHMcConnell/submitted/ | Most women cannot "nerd out" | 0 | 2017-04-02T22:41:45 | 61 | 3 | 114 |
This is assuming you live in the US but is it your stance that freedom of speech/expression is uninhibited in a civil society? If so, I would point to the laws and exceptions regarding [free speech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions). Also there is such a thing as a restriction on [fals... | Criminalizing Holocaust denialism is restricting freedom of speech and shouldn't be given special treatment by criminalizing it. And criminalizing it essentially means we should also do apply the same to other unsubstantiated historical revisionism. | 0 | 2017-04-21T18:37:32 | 489 | 4 | 9 |
At least in the USA, the government is a democracy, in which all people should have a say. The government should therefore mirror all its peoples' interests. The group for chronically ill does exist, so is it not fair that they at least receive some recognition in government? If people have an interest in having govern... | As a society, we should not use public resources to cure or treat children with chronic illnesses. | 0 | 2015-08-03T23:02:19 | 51 | 1 | 3 |
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