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AmbushJournalism t1_j3tnsy1 wrote

Reply to comment by obiwan_canoli in The Effect of Philosophical Libertarianism on Popular Media as Portrayed by Comic Book Villains by baileyjn8

>Dear reader, nobody gives a whit about whether you like ice cream or
not. We care about what works and doesn’t work. Everyone has to agree on
that. What works can be around in some way. What doesn’t work is going
to have to be gotten rid of, no matter who you are or where or when you
live.

If I understand the article correctly, that is what he is saying. The basis of his argument defines evil in some greek root or something.

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TheRealBeaker420 t1_j3tduhw wrote

Reply to comment by OMKensey in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | January 09, 2023 by BernardJOrtcutt

Maybe a bit, but atheists come in all flavors, and can even be religious or spiritual. Other times it's basically just shorthand for being a religious skeptic. I even heard a pantheist claim to be an atheist once, which tbh felt a bit over the top. It's a pretty flexible term, though. I think either pantheism or deism are the appropriate terms for what you're describing, if you want to call it a god. If you don't then I wouldn't overcomplicate it.

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Thequorian t1_j3tdnw5 wrote

Reply to comment by MaxChaplin in Analytic philosophy, the hegemonic branch of the discipline in the US, often thinks of itself as above history and politics. But its rise, and its enduring influence, are owed to McCarthyism, which purged radicals from postwar philosophy. by matthewharlow

Marxism mainly focuses on history and material reality, whilst analytical Philosophy lives in an abstract, ideal world and analyses mainly the language and logical concepts. Marxism itself ignores the moral concepts entierly, while they themselves are motivated by ethics they got from somewhere else. You seem to regard marxism as a subset of analytical Philosophy, Something you can get to when analising enough,whilst it has completely different founding principals. I dont see why marxism wouldnt allow for self-criticism.

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Cornflake6irl t1_j3tbt7i wrote

Reply to The Effect of Philosophical Libertarianism on Popular Media as Portrayed by Comic Book Villains by baileyjn8

Now do communism and progressivism as villains because that would be more true to life. It would make a great horror comic. You could have a government entity similar to the CCP that steals organs from prisoners of conscience and locks people up in concentration camps where they are tortured because of their religious beliefs.

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OMKensey t1_j3t82t6 wrote

Reply to comment by TheRealBeaker420 in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | January 09, 2023 by BernardJOrtcutt

I agree with your entire post. A complete lack of sensory organs makes me question whether this conscious density would even know anything as you point out. And, most certainly, what it is like to be this density (its consciousness) would be nothing like ours. I'm not even sure it would have any higher order consciousness because there is not a brain network - - everything might be too dense for pathways.

I also don't think any current relationship with humans other than parts of it literally became us. But just miniscule parts.

On the other hand, it is all of the universe's consciousness condensed into a tiny point. That seems... interesting. But as you say it raises more questions than answers.

I also tend to think this probably wouldn't qualify as a god under most definitions, but I did want others' opinions.

It's a strange place for me to be: "Hi I'm atheist but I do give pretty high credence to this weird thing at the beginning of the universe."

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