Quote from: epi 1:10,000 on June 22, 2011, 01:43:39 AM

why would you not want to read other philosophers if for no other reason but to strengthen your argument and refute them.

I love reading philosophy but if you're making an argument, you need to back it up and not send people off to do your homework for you. At the very least I need some kind of quotation but even better, put it in your own words.

Quote from: epi 1:10,000 on June 22, 2011, 01:43:39 AM

Can you find fault with "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law." -IK

No, I live by it.

Quote from: epi 1:10,000 on June 22, 2011, 01:43:39 AM

Do we first have a perfect duty not to act by maxims that result in logical contradictions when we attempt to universalize them?

Yes.

Quote from: epi 1:10,000 on June 22, 2011, 01:43:39 AM

Can persons in a State of Nature agree to a social contract defining the rights of that newly formed society?

Yes but it needs to be explicit. It may be that if I go into a restaurant and order a hamburger, I'm implicitly agreeing to pay for it but simply existing on my property isn't implicit consent of being governed.

Quote from: epi 1:10,000 on June 22, 2011, 01:43:39 AM

What is inequity? Inequity of power... Inequity of opportunity.... inequity of biology? Huh

Is justice merely a lack of coercion?

Yes, that's what legal justice is. That's not to say morality is only a lack of coercion. Calling your grandmother fat or cheating on your partner are immoral but shouldn't be illegal.