Daily Comments from Last week:

Chelsea Mitchell: Stoics are right about social connections being basic to human nature. They do not seem like 'externals.' And yet, Stoics count other people as externals. Is there a contradiction?

Sean Pinard: "He IS a soccer player, so he OUGHT to kick the ball." What's wrong with that?
Jesse Wiener: I was taught you cannot conclude an OUGHT from an IS, because that would be a logical fallacy.

Nicole Ovregaard: Wouldn't it be nice to be a stoic. You could try your best and never be disappointed by the outcome of your efforts.
Alyssa Rupp: But can't you always make your best better? How can you say you've REALLY tried your best? When can results be truly indifferent?

Cole Depuy: Predetermination is pointless: believing it saps motivation and hurts morality. I'd rather believe the future is undetermined.

Dan Messenger: What happens when obligation and necessity conflict? I NEED sleep, but I OUGHT to go to class. How do you decide which is more important?