Here's my quandry: You have three people with knives. Persons A, B, and C. Person A attacks Person B (the reason may be important, but I'll save that for later) and Person B cannot defend himself. Is Person C at all obligated to defend Person

Ah... an oldie but goodie. In short, I agree with your evaluation. Here's how I came to the conclusion myself. First I think we need to define what kind of absolute right and wrong we are talking about here. This means we must have an absolute

That's very interesting. I will keep it in mind when I'm tempted to use the word too often.

Okay, now a quick reply to Elena's post. Yes, a world without borders would be great. But I fear a world government. Who would check and balance this awesome, uncontested power? We haven't hit on a perfect system of government yet by a long

Thanks so much for your posts ladies! Re: Superman - I believe that as the younger generations of Americans mature, this kind of useage is dying out. The word "nationalist" is a dirty word to most people my age and younger (~25). I am proud of

A very good question. If our aim is to help people because we care about the human condition, we should help the people who need the most help first. It is also definitely cheaper to feed starving peasants in North Korea than it is to support

Neither do I.

I think the term "American dream" is extendable to all of humanity. In principle, it means the freedom and the opportunity to pull yourself up into achievement and out of the throng according to your ability and work ethic without interference

Very well. http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/gss4.html This is also a gallup poll (1996). This still does not constitute a "vast" majority (unless you define "vast" as a 14% difference in opinion) You'll also note that public

Below, I quote from: http://gallup.com/poll/focus/sr040127.asp This is a Gallup poll. Gallup is regarded as one of the most reliable polling services in the United States. When you claim facts on controversial subjects, you should back them up