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well without a biological understanding of what governs rational faculty this is pretty much a speculative philosophy. Kant really just assumed animals cannot universalize maxims because they cannot communicate on a meaningful level with human philosophers.
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Anti-gun advocates must adopt a purely utilitarian methodology in order for their ideology to make any sense. For instance, their argument inherently favors the lives of the victims of gun violence opposed to those saved by defending themselves with a gun. Argue from that understanding and see if you get anywhere. You should also realize that utilitarian
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[quote] As I already said, there is no doubt that the mathematics of SR describe the physics of the world. The problem is that the mathematics of SR do not necessarily imply a speed-limit of light. [/quote] The principle of relativity does i.e. all laws and physical constants are invariants. This is a metaphysical principle without which physics becomes
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[quote] I'm not saying it's a proper frame, I'm simply taking a theoretical zero-gravity tensor area of space and saying that here, where there is absolute-zero gravity (not achievable in actuality), if we look at earth orbit vs earth surface, that statement I made would be understandable (I admit the % figures are completely made up for
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[quote] You could speak of time as being 0.99991% on the surface of the earth, due to gravity, whereas the satellites in orbit are experiencing 0.9992% time passage. [/quote] No you can't. In SR, there is no proper frame. You can choose a proper frame but it's only valid for a particular problem. [quote] Like if moving faster can actually slow
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No this is true. But in the Marxian fiction it must be understood that wages alienate workers from their humanity. Labor is not seen as a commodity in Marxism, it is seen as an expression of individuality. So to commodify is as an intermediate good is to violate the laborer's individuality (afaik). Capitalism alienates persons from their productivity
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[quote user="NonAntiAnarchist"] How the hell do you take existentialist premises and come to a Marxist conclusion? [/quote] Because authenticity is an important concept within existentialism. And Marxism, in the social sense, deals quite extensively in critiquing the capitalist economy for alienating labor from people's true purposes.
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it is probably an FAA regulation, though I couldn't cite it to you exactly. Without regulations, I would assume that the airline might have let her sign a waiver to remove liability if was injured because of a lack of a seatbelt, but this is speculative and they may opt to continue their policy.
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[quote user="TronCat"]We are NOT born Libertarian. We are born human, and as humans, we are tribalistic, violent, and collective thinking. [/quote] Man thinks autonomously. Are you meaning to imply that man has an innate fetish towards what he percieves within his own faculty as a collective will? Because that claim seems wholly unsubstantiated
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