tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post110478440193354846..comments2023-10-10T02:20:14.831-07:00Comments on New Covenant: What should we have done?...Rustyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1104908765845155952005-01-04T23:06:00.000-08:002005-01-04T23:06:00.000-08:00Okay, I see the joke now (as Foghorn Leghorn would...Okay, I see the joke now (as Foghorn Leghorn would say, "I keep pitching 'em, but you keep missing 'em!"). I've never heard of "mare" as a reference to a nightmare... as far as I know, "mare" either refers to a horse, or to a "sea" on the Moon.<br /><br />I agree regarding the potentiality of alternative fuel sources for the future. I think Dark's concern is that we might not make it far enough Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649535070603621577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5955622.post-1104794015397103542005-01-03T15:13:00.000-08:002005-01-03T15:13:00.000-08:00In the framework of philosophical naturalism, the ...In the framework of philosophical naturalism, the only reason we might care about the world's oil reserves is that we personally might be caused some sort of pain or emotional turmoil over them. But there is no "should" there, no moral imperative -- there is only a preference to avoid pain. That preference carries with it *NO MORAL OR ETHICAL FORCE* under philosophical naturalism. Running out LotharBothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06806302628374941715noreply@blogger.com