| Online: | Right Now | Name: | Samuel Chen | |
| Updated: | 5 Days Ago | Gender: | Male | |
| Joined: | 1 Year Ago | Birthday: | April 19, 1993 | |
| President: | Barack Obama (D) | Email: | - Private - | |
| Ideology: | Undecided | Education: | Some College | |
| Party: | Undecided | Ethnicity: | Asian | |
| Relationship: | Single | Income: | Less than $25,000 | |
| Interested: | in Women | Occupation: | Student | |
| Looking: | No Answer | Religion: | Atheist |
| About Me: | Philosophy major. |
| Activities: | Social networking websites. Halo 3 - Xbox Live. Guitar. Drums. Debating. Procrastinating. Socializing with friends. Videochat/IM. Exploring my backyard. Searching for music. Going to church and causing intellectual havoc. |
| Beliefs: | Atheist Agnostic. Panrationalist. Hedonist. Moral Skeptic. Motivational Externalist. Physicalist. Functionalist. Metaphysical Naturalist. Indeterminist - Source Incompatibilist. Evolutionist - Adapationism. Ontological Realist - Correspondence theory. Difference Feminist. Externalist Foundationalist. Animal Welfarist. Predominant Egoist. Essentialist. B-Theorist. (to be continued when I remember more) |
| Books: | The only books I read are mainly ones dealing with philosophy and religion. I make a distinction between philosophy and religion books because even though almost all debates concerning the validity of religion involve philosophy (thus the sub-field philosophy of religion), there are books which discuss scientific matters dealing with religion. Examples include creationism, the evolutionary explanation for religion's existence, etc. |
| Movies: | Fight Club is a cult film of mine, but I don't watch too many movies. |
| Music: | Everything ranging from minimalism to indie to techno to metal to alternative rock to ambient, etc. The only type of music I hate is rap/hip hop and country. Especially country. |
| Quotes: | "The most reasonable belief is that we came from nothing, by nothing, and for nothing." - Quentin Smith |
| Sports Teams: | I have no favorite sport team since when it comes to sports I primarily watch UFC. MMA has no "teams", but individual fighters like boxing. |
| TV Shows: | Any genre except for extremely romantic soap operas, boring game shows (especially Asian ones), American Idol, etc. |
| AIM: | GotRiceorSpice |
| Websites: | |
| College: | California State University, Undergraduate Class of 2012
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| High School: | Diamond Bar High, Class of 2011
Diamond Bar, California, United States
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Abortion
-ABORTION- Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo, resulting in or caused by its death.[1] An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced, in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravid (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion, while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective ab...
Pick your own debate - 1G
f you have participated or read any of these types of debates before, then this one should be no different. However, for those who haven't: ROUND 1: This obviously includes this opening introduction and rules. For my opponent, he/she will post 3 topics (clarify them if you could) he/she wishes to debate, and then post his/her position on each of the topics. Please try to add a mix of subjects. Have some deal with religion, others with politics, others with art, others with social issues, etc....
Abortion is Prima Facie Morally Wrong
I'm going to offer a brief outline of the pro-life position that I defend, and I will engage in further argumentation in the subsequent rounds. The fundamental issue regarding the abortion debate is not women's rights or other factors which concern personal autonomy, but over the status of the unborn child. Variants of the personal choice argument presuppose that the unborn child is not a human person, for if the unborn child is indeed a human person, then no amount of freedom justifies its e...
"For general purpose, the term "Morality" should refer to "The code which dictates how a goal (a val
When people are talking about morality, they are attempting to convince someone to take or not to take an action (and when they are thinking about it, deciding whether to take an action). Advocating something makes no sense if you do not wish to achieve something by it....
The Following Arguments for the Existence of God are Valid - 1J
Note: the "1J" notation in the Topic title is simply for searching purposes. [Definition - Existence] http://dictionary.reference.com... 1. the state or fact of existing; being. *NOTE* I am not debating whether or not a God exists in one's MIND, but rather in REALITY. [Definition - Valid] http://dictionary.reference.com... 1. sound; just; well-founded 2. Logic. (of an argument) so constructed that if the premises are jointly asserted, the conclusion cannot be denied without contrad...
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| Debate Statistics | |
| Debates: | 129 |
| Lost: | 22 |
| Tied: | 2 |
| Won: | 105 |
| Win Ratio: | 82.68% |
| Percentile: | 99.86% |
| • | Abortion | |
| • | Affirmative Action | |
| • | Border Fence | |
| • | Campaign Finance Reform | N/S |
| • | Civil Unions | |
| • | Death Penalty | |
| • | Drug Legalization | |
| • | Environmental Protection | |
| • | Estate Tax | N/S |
| • | Euthanasia | |
| • | Flag Burning | |
| • | Flat Tax | Und |
| • | Gay Marriage | |
| • | Global Warming Exists | |
| • | Gun Rights | |
| • | Labor Unions | Pro |
| • | Late Term Abortion | Und |
| • | Medicaid & Medicare | |
| • | Medical Marijuana | Pro |
| • | Minimum Wage | N/S |
| • | Missile Defense System | N/S |
| • | NAFTA | N/S |
| • | National Health Care | N/S |
| • | National Retail Sales Tax | N/S |
| • | Patriotism | |
| • | PETA | |
| • | Police Profiling | N/S |
| • | President George W. Bush | |
| • | Progressive Tax | Pro |
| • | School Vouchers | N/S |
| • | Social Programs | N/S |
| • | Social Security | N/S |
| • | Term Limits | Con |
| • | Tobacco Rights | |
| • | United Nations | N/S |
| • | United States | |
| • | War in Afghanistan | N/S |
| • | War in Iran | Con |
| • | War in Iraq | Con |
| • | War on Terrorism | |
| • | Water Boarding | |
| • | Welfare | |
| • | World Trade Organization | N/S |