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I was riding in a 90's model falcon yesterday. The door was about to snap off its hinges. How is it even possible for a door to fall off ever in a million years, who builds a car like that?

Christ that is an ugly boat.

Just because you are concerned about things emotionally, due to your human centred perspective, isn't answering the question of why they have any significance. You're saying that something is important, simply because you intuitively feel it is important, which isn't a rational justification...

I understood exactly what you meant by 'well being'. I never asked such as thing, you gave me the concept of 'well being' as good, and I asked you to explain, what is this universal concept of 'well being'? What is the correct life? I don't believe there is such as thing. One life is...

I questioned the legitimacy of psychological methods of punishment in the OP. I have no answer for whether locking a child in a room is more or less legitimate than physically hitting them.

I just noticed this and thought I should point out that many things we consume may be beneficial or poison depending on dosage. 1l of water is good, 20l will kill you. It's all relative you see...

Beard?

I am continuously amazed and delighted at how accurate the advice in the OP has proven to be.

Ideally you wouldn't take them shopping in the first place? This is getting back to systemic problems...

I don't agree with the proposition that greater well being is an absolute moral good, and suffering is absolutely bad. There are obvious exceptions to this, such as those who choose to experience suffering for various reasons, and the popular idea (protestant work ethic perhaps?) that...

I think you can determine absolute morals from a human/life-orientated perspective. Evolution has made us as a species value certain things, mainly anything relating to the preservation of life and sustainability. The problem is in deciding how much importance should be given to this human...

Well kwayera's mum was burdened with two children, chasing both at once is physically impossible, in the instance of a single child as you described there's no reason you couldn't extract the child from danger. But I appreciate the common ground we've reached. re: power relations, I find...

Why do people assume verbal punishment is the only other option? Children want to do lots of things and be lots of places. You can manipulate these things.

It's only acceptable in the scenario kwayera provided because the mother is under resourced to manage her children, and the environment is unsafe for children. These are cultural problems in society, that unfortunately make smacking a practical necessity. If you re-read the OP, you'll see I...

lol. When did I say there was no such thing as a justification? What justifications have I denied as genuine? You haven't given me even one. All sorts of punishment can be easily justified. All I'm asking is, why do you hit children instead of using another means of punishment? Kwayera...

I'm saying that your continued defence of the practice, in the absence of a genuine justification, is absolutely sadistic. a genuine justification a genuine justification a genuine justification

What a pathetic failure of a non-sequitur in response to a challenging question.

Are you seriously suggesting cultural influences play no role on behavior? Obviously some non-smackers will go on to use the practice. Our behaviours are influences by many people in our lives. Parents have a disproportionate influence on this development. Parents dictate the formative...

Parents hit their children out of impatience. I have elaborated on this in the OP. Being time poor is the only substantial justification I have heard for smacking. I'm saying that your continued defence of the practice, in the absence of a genuine justification, is absolutely sadistic. Why...

I never said that. What I said, is that being smacked as children, makes people believe smacking their own children is acceptable.