Sentences with phrase «arguments from consequences»

One thing you should know is that arguments from consequences are not valid in scientific debate.

# 30 & # 45 — It seems to me, this morning at least, that one of the most crucial defining characteristics of all this is the will to believe what one wishes were true — aka, «argument from consequences» and «intellectual dishonesty.»

Without that, all he's got to sustain his opposition to government intervention against fossil fuels is the argument from consequences.

Bill, I am afraid that you are falling victim to the fallacy of the argument from consequences — to wit, that the consequences of a proposition have no bearing upon its truth or falsehood.

Our enemies have had considerable assistance from the fact that the average American is now incapable of seeing when their reasoning constitutes a logical fallacy (e.g. ad hominem, argument from consequences...) This includes the so - called mainstream media, who have for the most part forgotten how to be journalists.

Not exact matches

His basic argument seems to be that although the people from Adam to Moses did not sin by breaking a command (as Adam did), they still suffered the consequences of sin (death).

In several recent works, William Lane Craig argues that there is nothing to commend Hartshorne's view, that there are positive arguments against it, and that absurd consequences follow from it (PT 103; PS 16:201;...

I think there are, however, good arguments to be made from the natural sciences, which I believe can help us discern unintended consequences of our decisions including the decision at hand.

But this enlightening article from a German writer about how Americans are far too timid when confronting prejudice — «at the dinner table, I've noticed, what Germans call a discussion, Americans call an argument» — reminds us that this fear of confrontation is exactly what preserves the status quo, often with disastrous consequences.

It's the fallacy of the argument from final consequences — that is, if outcome Y is caused by situation X, and outcome Y is undesirable, then situation X is false.

but thats not what i'm talking about... i am discussing the god you claim to worship... even if you believe jesus was god on earth it doesn't matter for if you take what he had to say as law then you should take with equal fervor words and commands given from god itself... it stands as logical to do this and i am confused since most only do what jesus said... the dude was only here for 30 years and god has been here for the whole time — he has added, taken away, and revised everything he has set previous to jesus and after his death... thru the prophets — i base my argument on the book itself, so if you have a counter argument i believe you haven't a full understanding of the book — and that would be my overall point... belief without full understanding of or consideration to real life or consequences for the hereafter is equal to a childs belief in santa which is why we atheists feel it is an equal comparision... and santa is clearly a bs story... based on real events from a real historical person but not a magical being by any means!

Argument from fear - If you don't believe in god, it's your choice, but understand the consequences (only christian god apparently) of hell.

The argument against what they are doing is that there may be a series of negative consequences from behaving in this way.

From drawing our attention to the ignored but obvious, to making attractive points and arguments, to drawing sensationalist targets — he has reopened a debate on the foreign nature of the Premier League and its consequences for the national team's future achievements.

The Guardian also states that in an NCCL briefing note dated 1978, Harman urged amendments to a 1978 Child Protection Bill declaring that «images of children should only be considered pornographic if it could be proven the subject suffered», which Harman says was an argument intended to protect from «unintended consequences» such as parents being prosecuted for taking pictures of their children on the beach or in the bath.

There is also the need for citizens and consumers to be informed and engaged in everyday decisions that involve scientific arguments — from policy debates that will have consequences for their health and safety to the products they consume and lifestyle choices they make.

It looks at the Christian belief on the subject and the argument for and against from different churches, the Buddist view on the subject and the impact and consequences of abortion.

I've thoroughly reviewed Blackwell's study and several accompanying papers, have taken an extensive look at all claimed negative consequences of dog shock collars and whether there's some good scientific evidence on the pros of using dog training collars aside from the arguments made by author Steven R Lindsay.

# 84 Roger, Nice arguments, they are trivial at best, of no real consequence aside from flaunting semantics.

We were rather weak on facts and figures, on causes and consequences, and shied away from arguments about practicalities.

Speaking for myself, I wouldn't be bothered with the whole discussion about CC / AGW if there weren't such ghastly consequences resulting from the «cure» as advocated by one side of the argument.

The challenge for the new environmentalists is to emerge from this crisis of their own making into an era of growing scepticism, while keeping an eye on the consequences of their arguments.

From liberating illegal fish and defying European quota regulations to the serious unintended consequences of hunting and fishing regulations, we've seen plenty of arguments that ill - thought out legislation can be worse than no regulation at all.

Given: (1) the misery and damage caused to the majority of the population by the problem; and, (2) the law societies» refusal to try to solve the problem, the commercial producers have a strong argument that they should be treated as equal to the ABSs in providing relief from the consequences of the law societies» breach of trust, i.e., their failure to perform the duties attendant to their monopoly over the provision of legal services.

If so, then an authority could arbitrarily (i.e. only in cases it wishes) make use of that argument, with the consequence that anybody must first apply for a permission from the authority before doing any insulation work, isn't it?

Lord Sumption met this argument with much the same incredulity as it has generally received from by company and chancery practitioners, and indeed anyone aware of the consequences for ordinary commercial dealings if it were right.

The argument that an effects — based approach to jus ad bellum is adequate is all the more compelling when we consider some of the possible negative consequences of expanding the definition of «war» that results from the instrument — based approach.

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