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If you wish to continue this discussion, I'll return as I have time. If not, it's been a pleasure, as always. Thanks diana, it's been my pleasure too. I'm not sure I have a lot else to add to the topic of whether military service is morally defensible. I think it is, for what it's worth, despite th...

I don't know what to say, Tom. That's quite a compliment. Thank you. (And frankly, I'm quite surprised this subject hasn't been discussed in this light before on this board.) I'm glad you found it complimentary but it was really just a statement of fact. I wanted to be clear that I was having this ...

I want to preface this by thanking you for having this discussion, diana. For reasons you can probably puzzle out I've wanted to have a thread about this for a long time, and given past events and the fact that I believe you to be trustworthy, sincere and thoughtful, there isn't anyone I'd rather di...

The act of rationalizing, even if it's a poor attempt, is the act of justifying the morality or amorality of the action. Another way of saying this is that at the time I commit any act, the fact that I have justified the act to myself means I have convinced myself, at least for the time being, that...

I believe you are a man who understands the need for a national defense, though, Tom. If not, please forgive my presumption. I do, I just thought it was important to clarify that it's theoretically possible to simultaneously recognize the need for a military and believe that participation in today'...

Hi diana, just a few points I wanted to address. [...]I assume you understand that we require a military. If being in the military is essentially immoral, then who should it be comprised of? I'm not sure if you're anticipating the opposition's argument as charitably as you could here. What if I were...

"People will not do that which they truly believe to be wrong" is indeed a premise--an assumption. What I'm looking for is a good reason to believe that it isn't true. As I've stated, it seems self-evident to me. Its opposite, as it turns out, seems equally self-evident to everyone else: ...

A = I believe X is wrong. B = I will not do X. You can take these two premises, and you can make a conditional. Is it sound? <snip> Why does A imply B? Because you say so? What argument do you have for it? I'm making the argument the best I can. Can you argue against it? I'm quite interested in sol...

What an odd thread to resurrect after more than six months in the ground...

Nice Squirrel wrote:Flame warriors describes you as howlers:

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warrio ... owlers.htm

Did you read the OP?