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Religion » Argument for the Prophethood of Muhammad(pbuh) » 6/03/2017 1:29 am

AKG
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I wonder what any of the Christians here would think of this?

Practical Philosophy » Racial profiling and Free speech » 6/02/2017 5:12 am

AKG
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I know this is not related to "profiling" being inherently wrong or whatever, but seriously I would like to see actual evidence/proof that RACIAL profiling specifically has benefits, or has done good.  Analogies while good for some scenarios aren't enough to convince me that it could be in any way good as documented evidence seems to show it does more harm than good: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/paying-price-human-cost-racial-profiling/effects-racial-profiling

Practical Philosophy » Racial profiling and Free speech » 6/02/2017 5:11 am

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By "racial" I think the term here is referring to skin colour, and not of national origin.

Practical Philosophy » Racial profiling and Free speech » 6/01/2017 10:42 pm

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So then in the case of domestic terrorism which white supremacy is the greatest threat, and has committed most of the terror attacks, profiling white people in this regards, would be just in that case?

Like I said, the fact that racial profiling is almost exclusively advocated by white people to me reveals an intrinsic racist/biased view to it. 

Are there actually ANY benefits to racial profiling? I have yet to hear any, and so far all it seems to do is increase racial hostilities.

Practical Philosophy » Racial profiling and Free speech » 6/01/2017 7:42 pm

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Yeah well I don't think it's plausible we could develop a form of racial profiling that is "fair" and "unbiased". We both know racial profiling is always or in the most case advocated by white people so that for me already cast suspicions on the intention behind it and to the whole enterprise is based on being unbiased.

Practical Philosophy » Racial profiling and Free speech » 6/01/2017 4:51 pm

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Yes, racial profiling is intrinsically wrong because to me it blatantly leads to discrimination and can easily be abused as the history of the USA up to today shows. 

If it is, then I would say they shouldn't be protected by Free Speech if they are using it to advocate hate speech. If just in a debate and offer reasons for it then I guess sure, why not?

On another related note not to imply anything Dennis or give hostility but most defenders of profiling I've met usually mean for African-Americans, Mexicans, Muslims or other minorities yet when white supremacy is shown as the greatest domestic terrorism threat in the USA, these people are rarely advocating a profiling in this regard and are silent about it. So my reservations towards profiling are that is mostly is association with a covert form of racism marked by inconsistency.

Religion » Argument for the Prophethood of Muhammad(pbuh) » 5/28/2017 8:56 pm

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I found this paper which to me makes a pretty convincing case for the prophethood of Muhammad(pbuh) especially the part with regards to the literary merit of the Quran, but as a Muslim this may be due to some bias. What does anyone else think. If you don't want to read the whole paper pay attention to appendix A which focuses on the Quran:
https://ismailignosis.com/2016/12/08/proof-of-prophecy-a-logical-argument-for-muhammads-prophethood/
 

Practical Philosophy » Ethics of this scenario » 4/08/2017 1:35 am

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As most of you know I have a burning hatred for President Evil Von Stupid, and everyday he seems to be getting worse, and worse. In fact when I pray I ask God to remove him and his Legion of Doom from power ASAP. Lately when I pray I've been wondering if I should ask God to visit some misfortune on him for being an all around terrible person. Ethically speaking would it be moral/non-moral to ask God to grant misfortune on someone even as terrible as President Stupid Von Moron?

Practical Philosophy » What is racism and what makes it wrong? » 3/30/2017 1:49 am

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Profiling to me seems to inherently assume that these connections are necessary as it paint a target on those who don't even hold these values just for even looking like the suspected.. Even if it doesn't like you said it easily gives way/collapses into to this assumption as President Evil Von Idiot's travel ban shows.

Practical Philosophy » What is racism and what makes it wrong? » 3/28/2017 9:44 pm

AKG
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But isn't racial profiling itself largely based on the notion of racism which itself does assign different moral values based on race? 

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