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Question posted on September 8, 2010; no responses
If the Nazi government can be called evil for committing the Holocaust then shouldn't the American government during the time of slavery be regarded as evil also?...
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Question posted on September 8, 2010; no responses
Bertrand Russell famously said "(1) that when the experts are agreed, the opposite opinion cannot be held to be certain; (2) that when they are not agreed, no opinion can be regarded as certain by a non-expert; and (3) that...
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Question posted on August 24, 2010; 1 response
In political debate, I often feel that participants on both sides are "unprincipled" or "unscrupulous" - they deliberately downplay inconvenient facts and exaggerate other facts in order to promote their positions. I understand that politicians represent the interests of their...
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Question posted on August 19, 2010; 2 responses
I am from a developing country, a poor country, a very populated country. We live a hard life here. People often say westerners have a life while we only do the living, or according to one of my friends, we...
Justice, Value Show

Question posted on August 19, 2010; 1 response
What is the purpose of Government? If the purpose of Government is to take care of its citizens? One would think that being well feed and sheltered is more important than being educated. So why is it that...
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Question posted on August 11, 2010; 1 response
I was politicized early thanks to growing up in a war zone, and such a childhood imposes certain questions on a child's mind. After growing older and nurturing an increasing infatuation with socialism and anarchism, I am now at a...
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Question posted on August 2, 2010; 1 response
Is there more to peace than the absence of war?...
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Question posted on July 29, 2010; 1 response
Is power (its nature, its use, its definition) a philosophical issue? It seems as if the social sciences have appropriated "power" to themselves. I think that often power is presented as being everywhere, in every human relation, and that...
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Question posted on July 22, 2010; 2 responses
I find it hard to arrive at a conclusion for the following problem: suppose I live in country where my constitution upholds my right to practice my religion (I mean a secular country), how justified is another person when he...
Justice, Religion Show

Question posted on July 22, 2010; 3 responses
I am an atheist fully in favour of a secular society. However I have recently been alarmed by the burka ban recently put in place by the French government. This to me seems at best to be a draconian, knee...
Justice, Religion Show

Question posted on July 3, 2010; 2 responses
In the past few days, the Tate gallery in London has been the target of protests because it receives funding from BP. My girlfriend and I have been discussing this, and where she finds that the use of tactics that...
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Question posted on June 30, 2010; 1 response
At 57, I have spent much of my life feeling a little superior to others. I have never stolen anything. I am pained whenever I say something that is even close to a lie. I am dedicated to fairness. And...
Ethics, Justice Show

Question posted on June 29, 2010; 1 response
How does one approach the question of whether a Western nation should permit women to wear full-body-covering Islamic dress? I'm not asking for the answer to the question, but for guidance in attacking it. How do you balance individual freedom...
Feminism, Justice Show

Question posted on June 28, 2010; 1 response
I'm not too sure if you can help me out. Here goes. It seems to me that there is a general agreement on the necessity of the nation state. The whole war in Afghanistan is premised on...
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Question posted on June 28, 2010; 1 response
Is the concept of inheritance of property a moral one? It makes sense that a person should derive some benefits from their own efforts, in the form of private property, but why should those benefits be transferable to one's...
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Question posted on June 27, 2010; 1 response
Is there a case to be made for plural voting? In other words, are governments ever justified in giving more votes to some people than others? For instance, I think a good case can be made that those with higher...
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Question posted on June 24, 2010; 1 response
Would society be better off if no one could inherit money? If everyone had to make their own start in life? ...
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Question posted on June 17, 2010; 1 response
Are minimum-wage laws illiberal? Should employers and employees have the right to negotiate any wage they both consent to, even if this wage is very low?...
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Question posted on June 14, 2010; 1 response
Recently, a young American sailor attempting to circumnavigate the globe was saved after her boat was badly damaged at sea. I am always struck by rescues like these, which are often as time-consuming and expensive as they are dramatic. (The...
Ethics, Justice Show

Question posted on June 3, 2010; 1 response
Are Native Americans the only ones who have the right to be in America?...
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