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And if the acts were an integral part of the company's mission, for example, to create a subculture that represents the company's image?

If we have free will, then why couldn't God have just given us the option to always freely choose the good. E.g. Instead of the option to take a bribe or not, why don't we only have the option between two seemingly good things, e.g. a root beer float and a steak dinner? If the opposite is true, that we are determined, why is there evil in the world? Why couldn't God have determined us to always choose the good? If we are determined and he doesn't, then there is no God. (according to the problem of evil).

Your thoughts, please?

I am analyzing the problem of evil and problems for and against it. I can go either way, i.e. I can choose to say we don't have free will or that we are determined. I am not sure which it is though. I personally think that our environment shapes us through classical conditioning, but I also think that if we are conscious of our behaviors that are shaped by our environment, we have the will to choose to change them through operant conditioning. However, if we do become aware of our determined behaviors and use operant conditioning to change them to what we "want," who is to say what we "want" isn't also a result of environmental conditioning? Therefore, I want to say that compatabilism is possible, but I am obviously leaning more towards hard determinism. However, it is unsettling thinking that we might not have free will.

Help. please email me if you would like to have a friendly philosophical discourse.

Please explain why.

Ok, so I have eaten mushrooms plenty of times. I've only had one bad trip, but I'd eat them again. I'm wondering can you control the trip on acid? I can on mushrooms (besides the one bad trip on which I happened to be extremely drunk). What are you experiences? Compare acid to mushrooms. What are the real differences? FYI- I usually only eat a half eighth of shrooms. How many hits of acid should I take?

I am writing a ten page philosophy paper, and I need someone to read it to make sure it flows well and is understandable. The topic is Chomsky's universal grammar and Karl Popper's theory of science. I need a lay intelligent person to be able to understand the argument I am trying to convey.

What are the judges expecting? What makes a good score? How do I calm myself? etc. I need it all folks.

So to have dignity in this theory is to know the moral requirements and to follow them. Therefore, if a person knows what is morally required but chooses to disregard it, they lose their dignity. Who is the theorist?

With the premack principle you can use a higher probability behavior to reinforce a lower probability behavior. Is it because we want that lower probability response that keeps us "wanting what we can't have?" Or is it a control thing?

Please provide an argument as to why you think that one is more correct.

I am looking for new music. I desperately need something NEW (to me) to listen to. Here are some examples of what I like/love:

Blonde Redhead

Cocorosie

Cat Power

Of Montreal

Modest Mouse

Arcade Fire

Pinback

Something along those lines.

Thanks.

It is a cultural art form that has been practiced for many years. However, at the same time, animals are being tortured and left for dead. Would it be ethical to sacrifice a cultural tradition which has been practiced for many years for the sake of the animals? Why? why not?