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"If a person has a brain tumor pressing on their amygdyla, which causes them to commit a crime, are they ethically responsible?" [3]: Thats a greatquestion, but again, it could come down to a number of definitions that people cant agree upon. Definitions that relate to (among other things): The temporariness of the tumour (e.g. should the tumour be compared to a temporary illness that removes mental responsibility or to a gene that promotes violence in people and which we would have given the criminal no reprieve for; as well as the issue of a gene directly causing or promoting tumour growth), the ability to treat it and the responsibility (and capability) of the person to have treated the tumour, the cause of the tumour (possibly inflicted due to lifestyle or societal choices), and so on. But again, the answer simply comes down to your own definition of ethical. Why do people on this subreddit act as if academia has some monopoly over the ability to answer a question like this?

You could say, "OP, the conclusion doesnt matter but the reasoning and collection of arguments does". Well that would be noble but I see a HUGE amount of sneering relating to philosophy, both on this board and others, solely due to people having different axioms.

I dont want to rant, but let me say that I will be hugely surprised if my view is changed. I expect to see not much more than appeals to authority.

Kys

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you have to go back

>academia has become a circlejerk for upper class women with daddies money and no real interest in the subject

no shit

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>democracy is about the freedom of expression
>this man is expressing ideas I don't agree with, he's undermining democracy!

>>1965732
She knows Ancient Greek and has written multiple books on Greek philosophers

What exactly have you contributed to the humanities?

I'm an atheist and I miss going to mass desu. I pop in from time to time.

>>1965377
I'm not american. And I'm non-confessional anyway, because it's nobody's business anyhow.

>>1965377
Just why?

I'm the other way round:
>believing in god, even in the catholic church
>haven't been to a mass in years
I totally know I'm a sinner but purgatory will save me.

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>>1965116
soon...

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>>1965116

>Stand out of my light!

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Who /giannamichaels/ here?

high body fat indicated high fertility
it's symbolism that is beyond the day of our modern minds
we just look at them and think "wow ooga booga people loved fat chicks!"

do you look at phallic statues and say "wow, chicks used to love 0.5m dicks!"

it's SYMBOLS

>>1965130
this girl would be such wife material if she wasn't such a slut...

>>1965060
Nothing would've change, it turns out his betrayal did next to nothing.

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What if G-d didn't have snek in tree?

>>1965065
thorin snekintree

>>1964923
redditors

>>1964923
Gypsies

>>1964923
probably egyptians or achaemenids

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>>1964735
Play that ((((flute))) for me boi, oh,, ohhhh

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>>1964735
Im sure i would enjoy those oyung boipussy, now its called pedophile, back then it was "good relationship"

m-muh ancient world

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>>1964735

>>1964695
Was Eve a triflin' ass hoe?

>>1964695
Is God the original G?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=033FInn1wH8

>>1964695
He did what he has to do in order to acomplish the divine plan.

>>1964646
>I get my history lessons from vanity fair articles


Ok

>>1964646

The man was a giant asshole but that car story is amazing.

>>1964646
>Once peed on a Secret Service agent just because he was feeling like an asshole and knew the agent wasn't allowed to move out of the way.
Blame the wind.

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>>1964596
Bump

>>1964596
>What is success in 2016?
Using means to obtain whatever you like in life.
>What makes a well liked personality that everyone wants to be around?
There is no personality that literally everyone likes to be around, different people enjoy different things. To try to please everyone you would need to be shallow in all things.
>What do women want in a perfect man and what do men think women want in a perfect man?
I've never dreamt of a perfect woman or man, so I would not know. But I am certain it varies individually.
>What is intelligence?
The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.
>Does taking longer to think of a word than someone else make you dumber than them?
No, it actually can show you took great lengths to try to articulate your point properly.
>Do we have an obligation to have children as people from 1st world countries?
Not at all.
>Why do people not take exercise and physical fitness seriously at all when your health is the most important thing in preserving your life?
Because of two reasons: most people like to think that it "won't be them" and that many more are woefully under-educated on it or don't have the time.
>Why do people believe that politicians actually mean what they say when it has been shown over and over again for decades to not be the case?
It varies from politician to politician and person to person. Sweeping generalizations help no-one.
>Why is wealth so challenging to accumulate, or why do people think that is?
In most societies now-a-days, there is low economic mobility as much of the wealth is being spent by the richest in society, and no "new" wealth is being distributed at a fast enough pace to improve that. In short, economic stagnation.

>>1964596
>>1964676
Cont.

>What is an attention span, really?
By definition, the length of time for which a person is able to concentrate mentally on a particular activity.
>Why do people have such a hard time forgiving their parents for mistakes they made, yet they forgive strangers for mistakes they've made very quickly? Why do we allow that attachment to skew our thoughts?
Most likely the feeling of betrayal by someone you trusted. They should know how you would feel in a scenario, a stranger should not.
>Should everyone carry a concealed firearm?
Depends largely on the situation of your nation.

It's completely true, but only tautological so. If it changed history in a constructive way, we don't call it terrorism. Revisionism sucks, but it's the way a lot of institutions approach history.

Terrorism is the reason the United States is a thing

>>1964249
>the sad sack of fat in the back rethinking his choices

Agrarian reform now! Optimates delenda est!

People tend to not like tax collectors and bankers.

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sure, why not

no one is complaining about the ethnical removal of white people in Europe, but that's more to do with them comitting ethnical suicide

Killing people is a bad thing.

>>1963984
Are you always the same op? Every other day I see a thread about a random Roman emperor

>>1964008
all me

>>1963984
macri gato

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>>1963859
This is what he means.

>>1963896
But that's rice.

>>1963896
That's grain

>>1963903
???