No, you don’t have a right to happiness

[BidenPresident]

Way back in 2003, I printed out a copy of an article by Keith Burgess-Jackson, a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Texas, Arlington, titled Why Liberals Think Conservatives are Stoopid sic. No, unfortunately, I can't find it online today--which is why I printed a copy.

The gist of his article is that he found, believed, that Liberals (the Left) thinks they hold the moral high ground and that their views of morality represent not only righteousness, but progress. That is, they see their morals as not only right and good but leading the way to change for the better.

That means, in their view, that Conservatives are not only wrong and imperfectible, but corrupt and evil. Liberals see humanity as flawed but malleable at the same time. They think their morals are reasoned and correct.

The result is that Liberals come to believe that they can change human nature, bend it to their will, as humanity can be made to be a blank slate and remade in their image. Every law, institution, value, belief, is up for grabs and can be torn down and discarded, however widely held, no matter how long it has been accepted, and humanity will meekly and willing accept the new, Liberal (Leftist) world order.

Self-righteousness is a property of moralists on the right and the left.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Self-righteousness is a property of moralists on the right and the left.

The difference is on the Right they don't go imposing it on others, while on the Left they think it's a moral imperative to do exactly that in the most totalitarian way possible.

 

[BidenPresident]

The difference is on the Right they don't go imposing it on others, while on the Left they think it's a moral imperative to do exactly that in the most totalitarian way possible.

Abortion is not an issue for the right? Seems like it is.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Abortion is not an issue for the right? Seems like it is.

Only for those who hold certain religious proclivities.

 

[BidenPresident]

Only for those who hold certain religious proclivities.

Well, that was my point.

 

[BidenPresident]

The difference is on the Right they don't go imposing it on others, while on the Left they think it's a moral imperative to do exactly that in the most totalitarian way possible.

Governor DeSantis has a woke dies here campaign. That is very moralistic.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Well, that was my point.

That's no less true for the Left.

 

[BidenPresident]

That's no less true for the Left.

Agree. I said the left and right both have the pathology of self righteousness.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Agree. I said the left and right both have the pathology of self righteousness.

But, the difference is the Left wants to impose it on everyone by force, the Right is willing to accept that all those that won't agree are going to Hell or something. They don't want to force the 'sinners' to repent in something akin to an inqusition.

 

[BidenPresident]

But, the difference is the Left wants to impose it on everyone by force, the Right is willing to accept that all those that won't agree are going to Hell or something. They don't want to force the 'sinners' to repent in something akin to an inqusition.

DeSantis want to remove books from schools based on content. That seems like force.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

DeSantis want to remove books from schools based on content. That seems like force.

Compare that to the nationwide push to put books with radical Leftist content in schools as mandatory reading...

 

[BidenPresident]

Compare that to the nationwide push to put books with radical Leftist content in schools as mandatory reading...

Why can't books be radically leftist?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Why can't books be radically leftist?

They can. The problem is when they are forced on everyone as mandatory reading and possession.

 

[Into the Night]

We have allowed the idea that happiness is within everyone’s reach to lodge itself in the collective psyche. But as most philosophical schools will tell you, other things should come first

After life and liberty, the US Declaration of Independence identifies “the pursuit of Happiness” as an “unalienable Right”. No nation, however, has been foolish enough to assert the right to possess, rather than just pursue, happiness.

Aristotle is often said to have considered happiness the highest good. In fact, the word he used was eudaimonia, better translated as “flourishing”. As for the hedonist *E

In the west today, however, happiness is often what people say they most want. The philosophical basis of this comes from utilitarianism, which promotes “the greatest happiness of the greatest number” and was founded in the 18th century by Jeremy Bentham before being developed by John Stuart Mill.

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/columns/you-dont-have-right-happiness-philosophy

I do not agree with the author, but worth considering.

So you believe there is no right to the pursuit of happiness. I already knew that you believe that.

 

[Into the Night]

I don’t take science advice from know nothing idiots like you

Because you don't take science. You deny and discard it.

It has been proven to be real in real time asshole

Science has no proofs. You cannot prove what you cannot define. Define 'climate change'.

But you are too fucking lame to know that fact huh

Attempted proof by void.

You shit ball stupid fucks are meaningless to reality

Another buzzword fallacy. You don't know what 'reality' even means or how it's defined.

 

[Into the Night]

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/global-warming-real



It’s been proven to a no doubt level you fucking loser



You know nothing about science

Attempted proof by void. You deny and discard science, including the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and the Stefan-Boltzmann law.

 

[Into the Night]

Science says your a dim witted know nothing

Science is not an insult.

 

[Into the Night]

I just gave you a link to science on global warming where they proved beyond DOUBT that GLOBAL WARMING is real and undeniable

Science isn't a Holy Link. Science has no theories about what you cannot define. Science has no proofs. Buzzword fallacy. You do not know what the word 'real' even means or how it's defined. Multiple buzzwords. Void sentence. Try English.

If you say that’s not true then you are an idiot who doesn’t believe in science
PERIOD

Inversion fallacy. It is YOU that is discarding the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and the Stefan-Boltzmann law. You cannot blame anyone else for YOUR problem.

 

[Into the Night]

Is global warming real?
Scientific consensus is overwhelming: The planet is getting warmer, and humans are behind it.





PROVEN BEYOND ANY RATIONAL DOUBT

Science does not use consensus. Science has no voting bloc. You deny several theories of science. You also deny mathematics. It is not possible to measure the temperature of the Earth.

Attempted proof by buzzword.

 

[Into the Night]

Way back in 2003, I printed out a copy of an article by Keith Burgess-Jackson, a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Texas, Arlington, titled Why Liberals Think Conservatives are Stoopid sic. No, unfortunately, I can't find it online today--which is why I printed a copy.

The gist of his article is that he found, believed, that Liberals (the Left) thinks they hold the moral high ground and that their views of morality represent not only righteousness, but progress. That is, they see their morals as not only right and good but leading the way to change for the better.

That means, in their view, that Conservatives are not only wrong and imperfectible, but corrupt and evil. Liberals see humanity as flawed but malleable at the same time. They think their morals are reasoned and correct.

The result is that Liberals come to believe that they can change human nature, bend it to their will, as humanity can be made to be a blank slate and remade in their image. Every law, institution, value, belief, is up for grabs and can be torn down and discarded, however widely held, no matter how long it has been accepted, and humanity will meekly and willing accept the new, Liberal (Leftist) world order.

It's the same old song. The dictatorships and oligarchies, and the 'elite' that figure they are better than anyone else. It's just the same old tyranny.