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Famous sayings.
“All men are prone to differ. It is no new thing in all former ages, in all parts. Each party is most right in his own eyes.”
- Roger Williams
- 1648
The Debate Viewpoint and Self-Control
In disagreement, take control of your response instead of letting emotion or the last comment control where the conversation goes.
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“If you are willing to lie to win a debate, you are debating without honor.”
- Michael Alan Prestwood
- 2015
Debate should serve truth.
Winning a point is never worth sacrificing your honesty. Debate with honor means truth matters more than victory.
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“I meet with no proposition that is not connected with an ought, or an ought not.”
- David Hume
- 1739
Normative Reasoning
The is–ought problem: You cannot move from what is to what ought to be without a value premise. Good reasoning makes that hidden step explicit.
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“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
- William James
- 1902
Moral Agency
You cannot control every thought that enters your mind, but you can learn to control which thoughts receive your attention. That ability gives you real power over stress.
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“Truth is stranger than fiction…[which] is obliged to stick to possibilities;”
- Mark Twain
- 1897
Fiction
Fiction lives within the possibilities of reality. Truth must answer to reality itself.
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“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
- Carl Sagan
- 1979
Secular Spirituality
Embrace a secular approach to your spirituality. It grounds awe and meaning in observable human experience. For sure, judge spiritual claims against measurable effects.
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