@sjzara You think atheism is a belief system? I don't think it means what you're taking it to mean.
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp@sjzara I suppose that Marxism is a (cluster of) belief system(s), though, or Randian Libertarianism (so-called Objectivism).2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@PhilosophyExp@sjzara For whatever that may be worth - I'm not big on belief systems except those that are explicitly incomplete.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Metamagician@sjzara I think the non-religious systems is a reference to things such as Confucianism (i.e., it's a multicultural thing).1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp@Metamagician I admit I do have a tendency to misunderstand the flipping obvious - perhaps that's what's happening here.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sjzara@Metamagician I've sat in on a couple of BBC programme planning meetings. They take that aspect seriously.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp@Metamagician That's fascinating. When does 'representing views' cross over to 'presenting falsehood'? Difficult.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sjzara
@sjzara@Metamagician It was going to be necessary to have religious representation on the programme (because ethics).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp@Metamagician That's an interesting example. When younger I knew nothing of secular ethics. Only religious ethics /13 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sjzara
@PhilosophyExp@Metamagician BBC had certainly not informed me that secular ethics was either possible or reasonable, and mainstream.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@sjzara @Metamagician You can't have watched Magee's Great Philosophers programme then! :) http://bit.ly/19WaMP2
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp@Metamagician You caught me out there!3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sjzara
@sjzara@Metamagician Sea of Faith was an interesting set of programmes too: http://bit.ly/19Wb1tr0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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