<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>JoeUser Forums » RSS Feed » Ethics Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/JoeUser/forum/317</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Ethics</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 3:06:48 PM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 3:06:48 PM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Nichtganz</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/441428</comments><description><![CDATA[   For many in the medical field it&#39;s difficult to discuss physician assisted suicide.&nbsp;Surprisingly&nbsp;many doctors are very much against physician&nbsp;assisted suicide. I personally believe that each individual has the right to make that choice for themselves. When i speak to other professionals about this they usually bring up &#39;morals&#39;, the problem i have with the argument is answered by a question: "Are we talking about religious morals, or morals from society". I always...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/441428</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/441428</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 2:43:41 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-06-14T14:43:41-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>The right to life and the right to end it. "How to die in Oregon"</title></item><item><author>GirlFriendTess</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/426831</comments><description><![CDATA[To classify a belief as delusional, it must meet the following requirements:    It cannot be based on our physical reality in any way because it must be miraculous, beyond human ken.&nbsp;  There can be no real world evidence for its existence because some might eventually think to look for it.  Nothing else matters.  Faith is unreliable, harmful and so unnecessary.&nbsp; If one has evidence, there is no need of faith because you have the evidence. But those who only have faith do not have any...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/426831</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/426831</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 5:41:26 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-02-07T17:41:26-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Delusional beliefs and their harm to humanity</title></item><item><author>GirlFriendTess</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/426081</comments><description><![CDATA[There doesn&rsquo;t seem any way to try to convince a monotheist to re-evaluate things let alone to consider new knowledge &hellip; so I won&rsquo;t. God is just not necessary for me and until he tells me otherwise plays no part in my life. If you believe in some god or another more power to you, so what&rsquo;s the big deal??? Well as it turns out there is no big deal until commercial enterprises predispose themselves as actually&nbsp;knowing the immortal mind of their god so well that they mus...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/426081</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/426081</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 4:04:44 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-02-05T16:04:44-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>The arrogance of Religion</title></item><item><author>GirlFriendTess</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/434465</comments><description><![CDATA[I knew this great and wise woman who posted an article that is no longer administrable so I am going to try and fill her spiked hills (hahaha) as best I can and revisit something that has always puzzled me too. As a classical atheist, I am not at all concerned about such pleasures as heaven or hell but am intrigued with the religious phobia concerning what they like to refer to as the religion of atheism. Common sense would have me believe that a Muslim thinks they understand the religion of Isl...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/434465</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/434465</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 6:39:09 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-01-22T18:39:09-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>The Religion of Atheism … Exposed</title></item><item><author>GirlFriendTess</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/437987</comments><description><![CDATA[The Catholic Church prohibits women&#39;s ordination, saying it has no authority to ordain women because Jesus chose only men as his apostles??? The church&#39;s Canon Law 1024 says only baptized men may receive holy orders. This is an example of the outdated and bigoted view of the RCC and their disrespect for women just because they were born female (incubators to pass the male seed). Earlier this year, Pope Benedict XVI denounced the Rev. Bill Brennan (92 years old) for supporting women&#39;s...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/437987</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/437987</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 1:56:10 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-01-22T13:56:10-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Priest stripped of duties for celebrating Mass with woman priest.</title></item><item><author>GirlFriendTess</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/439348</comments><description><![CDATA[Peer reviewed scientific papers as the sources &hellip; or any normal encyclopedia will do nicely for most generic discussions &hellip; my answer for the title question. The question to ask is always &lsquo;what are your sources&rsquo;??? Potholer54 on YouTube has a large assortment of clips that debunk many creation myths as well as others simply and scientifically. Amazing what doing a little of one&rsquo;s own research, applying a little common sense and thinking for oneself can do to filter ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/439348</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/439348</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 1:50:09 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-01-19T13:50:09-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>How do you know what you think you know is correct?</title></item><item><author>GirlFriendTess</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/434459</comments><description><![CDATA[Well I suppose it all matters on what religion is being considered and who is doing the considering. Most religions care little about most other religions why should they &hellip; it is no concern of theirs and has ho influence in their lives. I have found that most church doors are open to anyone who desires to enter. There are no main stream religions that cannot be easily investigated on the internet (the worldwide internet) because there is an overabundance of information available. If you w...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/434459</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/434459</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 5:14:43 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-01-06T17:14:43-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>What good is religion?</title></item><item><author>GirlFriendTess</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/436943</comments><description><![CDATA[It seems like we have taught our allies in Japan to appreciate &lsquo;pork barrel spending&rsquo; as much as we do. This is what has caused me to deal with charity in my own &lsquo;cash free&rsquo; way. I donate my time or I donate items of need that I have purchased &hellip; but not cash anymore.  Japan reconstruction funds questioned  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_QSICvo2UE   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/436943</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/436943</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:26:36 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-11-18T09:26:36</pubDateParsed><title>Is your charity doing all it can for the wrong people?</title></item><item><author>BoobzTwo</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/413221</comments><description><![CDATA[Personally I like the Book of Genesis as it makes an interesting read if one is into strange fantasy.&nbsp; In The beginning there was either nothing or something depending on your point of view. It is strange but let&rsquo;s take a look at the nothing concept first: &nbsp; DAY 1: In The beginning there was nothing but darkness and out of the darkness came the One God who always was &hellip; in the darkness? Well eventually God became tired (?) of the darkness after however long and decided to...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/413221</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/413221</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 1:28:32 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-06-21T13:28:32-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>A leap of faith</title></item><item><author>BoobzTwo</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/413177</comments><description><![CDATA[Wherever you think man came from is fine with me, but man from his inception was corporeal and as such was only privy to what his senses could perceive (and much later his instrumentation) &hellip; of the real world (universe). In order for there to be any coexistence between varieties of people (like more than one), a vernacular had to be (and was) established. Humans having no known extrasensory functions, established our language around those things we knew to exist (or existed) and are (were...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/413177</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/413177</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 3:31:56 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-11-11T15:31:56-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>I don't believe God exists</title></item><item><author>Draginol</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/406059</comments><description><![CDATA[The Internet is full of haters. Haters hate. Nothing you can do. But what has surprised me over the years is seeing cliques of haters. That is, specific groups of people who are friends who get off on trying make someone else miserable.&#160; It’s a stunning thing to see on message boards I lurk on from time to time.     I’m on the plane now lurking on various gaming and tech forums and I just feel disgusted when I see what is a reasonably organized effort to harm some other forum goer for wha...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/406059</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/406059</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 6:52:34 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-04-26T18:52:34-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Internet Sadists</title></item><item><author>jesseledesma</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/398730</comments><description><![CDATA[ Most of us who do not abuse drugs pay the bills for those who do abuse drugs. Long term abuse of alcohol and drugs has serious health consequences. Whether an addict ends up in a private or public hospital, we have to pay for them. Therefore, I think we have more then the right to have an opinion.  I know the psychological parameters of addiction. People use drugs to cope with pain and suffering. People use drugs because of the pleasure they receive by being in a social drug using environment...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/398730</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/398730</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 2:49:53 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-10-09T14:49:53-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Those who abuse us by abusing drugs</title></item><item><author>fdhvbd</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/395200</comments><description><![CDATA[All, to know about fashion clothing wholesale   Ed Hardy Clothing     In a large bulk wholesalers selling to retailers and other distributors sometimes wholesalers. Fashion is a brand logo, it printed. Pierre Cardin, Gucci, Adidas, Nike, Calvin Klein, Diesel, Dolce &amp; Gabbana, Kelly Sparks, Lacoste, La Perla, Levis, Marc Jacobs, Prada , Versace, Van Heusen is the most popular brands in the market to provide the number. However, not everyone one of these amazing brand clothing at. Wholesale ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/395200</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/395200</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 2:28:39 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-09-04T02:28:39-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>All, to know about fashion clothing wholesale Ed Hardy Clothing</title></item><item><author>lulapilgrim</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/378323</comments><description><![CDATA[  A certain self-styled Protestant whom I&rsquo;ll call &ldquo;Deleter&rdquo; thinks it&rsquo;s OK to make false claims against the Catholic Church and Catholicism while at the same time insists upon no rebuttal from me by deleting my comments.   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/378323</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/378323</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 5:26:36 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-08-18T17:26:36-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Deleting: A Silencing Tool</title></item><item><author>Audiafox</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/382045</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp; I've recently been wondering what is going through the minds of US society today.&nbsp; On one hand, 90% or more of the US population believes that evolution and abiogenesis was responsible for how human life came about, and believes that survival of the fittest is optimal for evolutionary progess.  &nbsp;&nbsp; Yet on the other hand, we have left liberal left, backed by a majority of the US, which wants to save the little guy from a lot of heartache, when 90% of the time the litt...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/382045</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/382045</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 3:04:39 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-05-11T15:04:39-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Evolution and the Little Guy</title></item><item><author>judah528</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/361909</comments><description><![CDATA[I have some friends that play professional  blackjack . They travel around the country going in and out of casinos gambling with the best of them. I have wondered for a while whether this is a morally legitimate business. My friends are always playing under the umbrella of a different personality in hopes to never be black listed from any casino worth playing at.  Being a blackjack player with other people's money certainly does have it benefits. Traveling to Atlantic city and Las Vegas stayng...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/361909</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/361909</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 9:34:09 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-08-20T09:34:09-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Blackjack?</title></item><item><author>SplitPeaSoup</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/342595</comments><description><![CDATA[Have you ever considered the idea that, in the end, the world is a fair place? Karma exists. Good things happen to good people and vice versa. Hard work results in achievement. Well, I have. And I reached a difficult conclusion: In the end, the world is much more complex than that. Why? Because the world is run by chaos.  Can you think of a single sinister character in history books or fiction who was born, lived a happy, fulfilling, and satisfying life, and then died happily? No, of course no...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/342595</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/342595</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 5:29:03 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-06-05T17:29:03-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>It's Ok Not To Be Smart</title></item><item><author>adnauseam</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/340822</comments><description><![CDATA[ Guantanamo Bay and its comings and goings don't shock me in the least. It is a prison of exraordinary ruthlessness overseen mainly by the CIA and the British MI5. It is also a prison wrought by fear and harsh punishment. The fear emanates from the shocking and traumatic events of 9/11. The harsh punishment is retribution for any person who dare attack the United States.    Don't get me wrong. Retribution of some sort is necessary for such a heinous deed. The methods of retribution worry me. A...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/340822</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/340822</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:50:11 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-02-24T09:50:11</pubDateParsed><title>Guantanamo...</title></item><item><author>Moderateman</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/329361</comments><description><![CDATA[I have already begun to see some Republicans start to denounce President-Elect Obama, before he takes office. This is what the Liberal loons did to Bush!  I personally will not behave that way and think that right minded Conservatives should take a wait and see approach stance to the next four years or else they will be behaving just like the Liberal lunatics did with Bush, Hated him for no reason; poison filled hatred at that! I personally do not ever want to emulate a LIBERAL even on this sc...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/329361</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/329361</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 2:10:24 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-11-16T14:10:24-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Conservatives should not behave like LIBERALS</title></item><item><author>messiah1</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/327141</comments><description><![CDATA[Ok.&nbsp; I'm a meat eater, I love it.&nbsp; Nothing tops a good steak in my book.&nbsp; My wife, she has sworn off meat in favor of a vegan lifestyle.&nbsp; No animal byproducts if she can help it.&nbsp; Which is hard if you look at the ingredients of things.&nbsp; I try to be supportive, but something that causes intense "discussion" between us is this.&nbsp; Is it morally wrong to eat animals?&nbsp; What makes it wrong?  Is a vegan a better&nbsp;human because they don't eat meat?&nbsp; Why?...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/327141</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/327141</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 7:35:59 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-10-13T19:35:59-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Veg or Meat</title></item><item><author>Moderateman</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/318760</comments><description><![CDATA[Affirmative Action A.K.A. give minorities a much better chance at getting the job; getting into the school; getting the much needed scholarship; getting the loan; getting the raise; getting the elevation in job status and on and on all because they are what? Black, Latino or some other than white minority EXCEPT A JEW OF COURSE, SOMEHOW JEWS DO NOT COUNT AS A MINORITY when it comes to affirmative action! But I digress.  This of course is racism pure and simple, much like the racism of the firs...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/318760</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/318760</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 9:49:07 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-08-01T09:49:07-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Affirmative Action, Racism! Pure and Simple!</title></item><item><author>adnauseam</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/318289</comments><description><![CDATA[ They call Guantanamo Bay Rumsfeld's baby. Rumsfeld has been proven to be a fool who could not decide what a WMD is.Rumsfeld was also the man who dithered while Iraq burnt. He had no plan, no after-invasion infrastructure&nbsp;logistics in hand&nbsp;and , worst of all, he had no idea how he was going to handle any situation, except by trigger. Rumsfeld was/is an asshole, in American speak. This command of his was&nbsp;like asking Yogi Bear to organise the Olympics because he knew how to swim. As...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/318289</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/318289</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 4:28:21 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-07-18T16:28:21-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>16 year old in Guantanamo!</title></item><item><author>rabidrobot</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/314613</comments><description><![CDATA[from  feeback.com    Take the Ethical I.Q. Test!  A quasi-Cosmo-quiz.  Answer thirty-five hypothetical ethical questions, and find out your score!   Which would be the more grievous offense?   Staining a Pretty Blue Dress  Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq    Which would be the more pardonable transgression?   Falsely, Systematically, and with Criminal Intent Conflating the Attacks of September 11, 2001, With Misrepresentation of Iraq as a S...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/314613</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/314613</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 2:14:42 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-06-13T14:14:42-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>What Is Your Ethical I.Q.?</title></item><item><author>OckhamsRazor</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/312075</comments><description><![CDATA[I suppose it's somewhat ironic that I'm placing this article in Philosophy-&gt;Ethics, but perhaps you'll bear with me to see why.  &nbsp;  Let's face something, folks - there's a big debate, on these forums, and just about everywhere else, about what should be taught in a science classroom and what should not.&nbsp; I have one real problem with the argument from both sides - it is emotionally based.&nbsp; I find absolutely no use for emotion when discussing something that is "supposedly" sc...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/312075</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/312075</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 6:43:27 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-05-20T06:43:27-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>What is "The Scientific Method?"</title></item><item><author>OckhamsRazor</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/308423</comments><description><![CDATA[Not only is this a rant, but it's a ramble, too.&nbsp; I just got backfrom 9 days aboard a ship, and every time I go to one of these things,I see stuff that for me, at least, is a clear indicator of why thegears are starting to grind more often.&nbsp; Morale on most of the ships I've been on is very low, but guess what?&nbsp; It isn't because of the job itself.&nbsp; It's something else - something deep.&nbsp; So, in order to deal with it, I just startedwriting in a word document about some litt...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/308423</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/308423</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 5:28:25 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-05-04T05:28:25-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Just a Rant on Military Rank</title></item></channel></rss>