brian0918 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) Before asking a new question, please see if someone has already provided an answer. Also feel free to reply to any of these threads with more specific questions. If you do not find your question here, please use the forum's Search function to see if it has already been asked. Or, you can try using Google to search this forum. Metaphysics What is meant by "Existence exists"? Isn't that just a tautology? Epistemology Is free will an illusion? If we are made up of particles, how can we make choices? How does one validate volition? (threads: 1, 2, 3, 4) (keywords: volition, determinism) Is induction a valid means to knowledge? (threads: 1, 2) How does the choice to focus occur? What is a law of nature? Ethics How can you derive an ought from an is? Why not steal if you can get away with it? (prudent predator, threads 1 2) Politics Do babies have rights? Is forced taxation wrong? How would government function without forced taxation? (threads: 1, 2, 3) How would the Constitution be rewritten from an Objectivist perspective? How would roads be handled if all land is privately owned? How would a water supply be handled if not by a city government? How could lakes and seas be privatized? How should criminals and punishment be handled by a proper government? How would prisons work in a free society? Is intellectual property actually property? Is preemptive war justified? (interventionism) What is wrong with anarchy/competing governments? Science Does quantum mechanics violate identity or causality? (1, 2, 3) What is space, and in what sense does it exist? Is global warming or "climate change" really occurring? What effect are humans having on global temperature? (see also: One Minute Case Against Climate Alarmism) Economics Are we moving towards greater inflation, hyperinflation, deflation, or something else? (1, 2, 3) What effect will the "quantitative easing" of the Federal Reserve have on the economy? If anyone would like to add to this list, or if there are better topics to link the above questions to, please leave a reply. Edited March 13, 2012 by Eiuol samr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitalistSwine Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 I know this isn't a proper reply and I don't want to start a chain of unhelpful replies like this one but I have to say this is a fantastic idea. Carry on. Fri and Grames 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) An extensive thread on the the question of taxation. Edited February 10, 2011 by brian0918 DONE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSL Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Recent AZ law and general discussion of open immigration: http://forum.ObjectivismOnline.com/index.php?showtopic=19268. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Some other topics that could be on a FAQ (I have not got the links right now, but this can be a placeholder/'reminder): - Physics/Quantum theory/Relativity - Inflation / Hyperinflation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Here's another predation thread I just came across (21 pages long, I'm sure there's some good stuff in there): http://forum.ObjectivismOnline.com/index.php?showtopic=1204 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecherry Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Could we perhaps add this thread or a similar one to the politics section of the FAQ? http://forum.objecti...wtopic=228&st=0 It's one discussing what the problem is with anarchy/why there should not be competing governments and that kind of thing. This topic seems to come up a lot. Edited March 13, 2012 by bluecherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiuol Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Added the thread you linked, but there might be a better one out there, but I don't know of any good ones offhand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecherry Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I just posted that one because SoftwareNerd just merged a new thread with it so it was right there in the new posts section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Danneskjold Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 http://forum.objectivismonline.com/index.php?showtopic=27114&view=getnewpost Thread on the ethics of social interaction and the concept of "rights." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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