Why? Are you saying that objective reality (the material universe) is entirely a subjective construct? How do you know?
I did not say that state intervention in social and economic affairs isn't endorsed by people who would describe themselves as conservative. In...
Yes, I meant that, but I also floated the idea that the liberal concern for others masks a pursuit of power.
Modern liberalism is associated with many things that conservatives don't like. Here's a mixed bag of ideas and interests associated with the liberal...
Leaving out the specifics of a dispute over an inheritance, in general terms, the moral question was whether a person suffering from Alzheimers is...
There's a well-known anecdote about Berkeley's immaterialism and "ingenious sophistry" in Boswell's Life of Johnson. Boswell explained Berkeley's...
Are you saying that the external world either: a). doesn't exist in any case: Or b). exists only in our consciousness. If 'objective...
Complete privacy in the sense of a total absence of outside scrutiny is probably impossible for any human being still living in a community. What...
It could be argued that compassion for suffering humanity is the essence of liberalism. As Kenneth Minogue observes, the basic premise of the liberal...
Can you be absolutely clear. Are you categorically denying the existence of an objective world that's independent of our senses? Or are you simply...
Doesn't every human being (whether demented or not) deserve to have their privacy respected? Your question seems to depend on the likelihood that...
It depends on what you mean by 'clinician'. A physician who is unable to find a physical cause for chronic pain might perhaps refer the patient to a...
It's obvious that any experience described as a 'feeling' is necessarily subjective. A belief in God (or anything else) that entirely depends on a...
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