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Do you want non-defensive, intentional killing of born, brain-alive humans to always be prohibited?

Yes, I want it to always be prohibited.
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No, I have exceptions. (Please explain.)
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LuckyR wrote: February 20th, 2021, 5:35 pm If you had Huntington's chorea and were starting to have symptoms at age 40 and your 20 year old daughter needed a heart transplant, would you donate your heart?
My daughter is 22 years younger than me, and I would gladly donate my heart to her if she would die if I didn't.
LuckyR wrote: February 20th, 2021, 5:35 pm Would the transplant surgeon behave immorally in your estimation ?
I don't understand the question. What do you mean by "immorally"?

LuckyR, you may have answered the questions earlier in the topic, in which case please point me to those answers; otherwise if you don't mind please do answer the 6 sets of questions from the OP:
Scott wrote: April 14th, 2012, 5:46 pm 1. Do you support state-sponsored non-defensive, intentional killing for revenge? Always, sometimes or never? Do you support it only if it is an eye-for-an-eye, or would you possibly support it even if the one being non-defensively, intentionally killed hadn't non-defensively, intentionally killed anyone (e.g. the state-sponsored executions of people for the crimes of adultery or witchcraft)?

2. Do you support non-defensive, intentional killing for revenge when it is not state-sponsored? Always, sometimes or never? Do you support it only if it is an eye-for-an-eye, or would you possibly support it even if the one being non-defensively, intentionally killed hadn't non-defensively, intentionally killed anyone?

3. Do you support state-sponsored utilitarian non-defensive, intentional killing? Always, sometimes or never? If sometimes, under what conditions? If the death penalty deters more non-defensive, intentional killing than incarceration, would you support it?

4. Do you support utilitarian non-defensive, intentional killing that is not state-sponsored? Always, sometimes or never? If sometimes, under what conditions? What about the raft example? What about the cannibalism example? What if it deters non-defensive, intentional killing if civilians or other non-government groups non-defensively intentionally kill anyone who non-defensively, intentionally kills for other reasons?

5. Do you support state-sponsored non-defensive, intentional killing for nationalism or one's loved ones? Always, sometimes or never? If only sometimes, under what conditions? Would you support your government/race/religion non-defensively, intentionally killing civilians from another country/race/religion as terrorism if it would save the lives of some people from your country/race/religion even if the number saved from your country/race/religion was less than the number non-defensively, intentionally killed from their country/race/religion? Consider when the USA dropped nuclear bombs on Japanese cities filled with civilians; how do you feel about actions like that?

6. Do you support non-defensive, intentional killing for nationalism or one's loved ones that is not state-sponsored? Always, sometimes, never? If sometimes, under what conditions? What about the example of a father who non-defensively, intentionally kills a stranger to use the strangers organs as transplants to save his daughter's life?


My answer to all 6 questions is never. Frankly, I think non-defensive, intentional killing is a disgusting, barbaric practice that is most effectively dealt with using a zero tolerance policy and I see no convincing reason to make any exceptions for these few excuses.
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Well since your surgeon would be killing you and the state grants him his medical license, you agree with state sponsored nondefensive killing.

Any surgeon willing to do the surgery would not be violating his personal moral code, thus would not be acting immorally from his perspective (others would naturally disagree some of the time).

As to the questions:

1. I have no moral problem with the death penalty in concept. Unfortunately since it is not practiced equitably I cannot support it in practice and am thus anti death penalty.

2. As I made clear in the Vengeance thread, I do support private retribution but only in cases where the state has no jurisdiction. As you know the justice system has jurisdiction in the area of crime, so I cannot see a situation for revenge killing as being the correct option in the west, with it's robust justice systems.

3. See number 1, though I support physician assisted suicide and the example I used in the previous post, just as you do.

4. I am open to the concept, though the only example I can think of is euthanasia.

5. I accept a certain amount of collateral damage of civilians in a wartime situation, but I do not support intentionally targeting civilians, a la Dresden or Hiroshima.

6. See number 2
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Scott wrote:In this topic, I seek not to discuss situations in which the killer genuinely believes they are defensively killing or in which the killing is otherwise alleged to be defensive.

Rather, in this topic, I seek only to discuss situations in which the killer is intentionally committing non-defensive killing of another human against the other human's will, and even then only in cases where the other human is already born and brain-alive.
Yes, I appreciate that the topic is about intentional non-defensive killing. I mentioned defensive killing because I thought that the issue of defining non-defensive killing is essentially the same as that of defining defensive killing. i.e. if you define one you've defined the other. If you can't easily identify one then you can't can't easily identify the other. But I guess if we're specifically talking about intentional non-defensive killing, then the fact that it's intentional might make it certain to be non-defensive, because the killer declares "I am not claiming to be acting in self-defence here. I am happy to admit that I am not killing in self-defence.". Is that what you had in mind?
By comparison to the topics you mention, this topic is much more philosophically simple. Thanks to that relative philosophical simplicity, I and about 35% of the poll respondents can say resolutely that we always oppose such non-defensive intentional killing of born brain-alive humans. Perhaps more importantly, those ~35% of respondents and I can therefore presumably each make a personal commitment to ourselves to not engage in such intentional non-defensive killing of our fellow human being, a sort of self-chosen diet of behavior much like one might commit to a food diet.

For those who make exceptions and do support and/or who would wilfully and intentionally commit non-defensive killing of other humans, I would love to learn more about what those exceptions that they make are exactly, why they make those exceptions, and if that reasoning is consistent and logical (i.e. doesn't involve contradictions).
I would love to learn that too. I would be very surprised if people who fully understand the question would say that they support intentional non-defensive killing of people who don't want to be killed. As I've said, I think the vast majority of people who non-defensively kill claim that it is in some way defensive.
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I can't edit the above, but if I could, for clarity, I'd remove the "self-" so it's clear that I realize we're discussing non-defensive generally and not specifically non-self-defensive.
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I think the fact that we're talking about non-defensive killing and not non-self-defensive killing has a bearing on comments like this:
Terrapin Station wrote:Aside from that, I'm sure there are other situations where I'm not against intentional non-defensive killing. It would be difficult to list them all. And they'd include things like the classic moral dilemmas a la needing to kill one person to save a million, etc. (Although I suppose that could be framed as "defensive," but it's not the traditional sense of self-defense.)
I think other posters have also mentioned "kill a few to save many" type situations. For example, earlier in the topic someone mentioned the justifications given for the Hiroshima bombing. But I think all "kill a few to save many", or more generally "kill some to save some" type justifications are essentially defensive justifications. So I wouldn't count them as intentional non-defensive killing.
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Steve3007 wrote: February 22nd, 2021, 6:01 am
Scott wrote:In this topic, I seek not to discuss situations in which the killer genuinely believes they are defensively killing or in which the killing is otherwise alleged to be defensive.

Rather, in this topic, I seek only to discuss situations in which the killer is intentionally committing non-defensive killing of another human against the other human's will, and even then only in cases where the other human is already born and brain-alive.
Yes, I appreciate that the topic is about intentional non-defensive killing. I mentioned defensive killing because I thought that the issue of defining non-defensive killing is essentially the same as that of defining defensive killing. i.e. if you define one you've defined the other. If you can't easily identify one then you can't can't easily identify the other. But I guess if we're specifically talking about intentional non-defensive killing, then the fact that it's intentional might make it certain to be non-defensive, because the killer declares "I am not claiming to be acting in self-defence here. I am happy to admit that I am not killing in self-defence.". Is that what you had in mind?
Yes.
LuckyR wrote: February 21st, 2021, 3:54 am Well since your surgeon would be killing you and the state grants him his medical license, you agree with state sponsored nondefensive killing.
I understand your point. I did not properly clarify in the OP that in addition to the qualifiers of intentionalness and non-defensiveness, I also mean to isolate the killing to situations where the killing is non-consensual. In other words, assisted suicide is not included in what I mean by "intentional non-defensive killing".

This, anywhere where I have written "intentional non-defensive killing" please interpret the words as actually meaning "intentional non-defensive non-consensual killing".
LuckyR wrote: February 21st, 2021, 3:54 am 1. I have no moral problem with the death penalty in concept. Unfortunately since it is not practiced equitably I cannot support it in practice and am thus anti death penalty.

2. As I made clear in the Vengeance thread, I do support private retribution but only in cases where the state has no jurisdiction. As you know the justice system has jurisdiction in the area of crime, so I cannot see a situation for revenge killing as being the correct option in the west, with it's robust justice systems.

3. See number 1, though I support physician assisted suicide and the example I used in the previous post, just as you do.

4. I am open to the concept, though the only example I can think of is euthanasia.

5. I accept a certain amount of collateral damage of civilians in a wartime situation, but I do not support intentionally targeting civilians, a la Dresden or Hiroshima.

6. See number 2
To summarize, it seems that your answer to all six questions is 'sometimes', meaning that, in various circumstances, you would be willing to support all 6 types of intentional non-defensive [non-consensual] killing. Is that correct a summary of your answer?
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Scott wrote: February 22nd, 2021, 4:03 pm
Steve3007 wrote: February 22nd, 2021, 6:01 am
Scott wrote:In this topic, I seek not to discuss situations in which the killer genuinely believes they are defensively killing or in which the killing is otherwise alleged to be defensive.

Rather, in this topic, I seek only to discuss situations in which the killer is intentionally committing non-defensive killing of another human against the other human's will, and even then only in cases where the other human is already born and brain-alive.
Yes, I appreciate that the topic is about intentional non-defensive killing. I mentioned defensive killing because I thought that the issue of defining non-defensive killing is essentially the same as that of defining defensive killing. i.e. if you define one you've defined the other. If you can't easily identify one then you can't can't easily identify the other. But I guess if we're specifically talking about intentional non-defensive killing, then the fact that it's intentional might make it certain to be non-defensive, because the killer declares "I am not claiming to be acting in self-defence here. I am happy to admit that I am not killing in self-defence.". Is that what you had in mind?
Yes.
LuckyR wrote: February 21st, 2021, 3:54 am Well since your surgeon would be killing you and the state grants him his medical license, you agree with state sponsored nondefensive killing.
I understand your point. I did not properly clarify in the OP that in addition to the qualifiers of intentionalness and non-defensiveness, I also mean to isolate the killing to situations where the killing is non-consensual. In other words, assisted suicide is not included in what I mean by "intentional non-defensive killing".

This, anywhere where I have written "intentional non-defensive killing" please interpret the words as actually meaning "intentional non-defensive non-consensual killing".
LuckyR wrote: February 21st, 2021, 3:54 am 1. I have no moral problem with the death penalty in concept. Unfortunately since it is not practiced equitably I cannot support it in practice and am thus anti death penalty.

2. As I made clear in the Vengeance thread, I do support private retribution but only in cases where the state has no jurisdiction. As you know the justice system has jurisdiction in the area of crime, so I cannot see a situation for revenge killing as being the correct option in the west, with it's robust justice systems.

3. See number 1, though I support physician assisted suicide and the example I used in the previous post, just as you do.

4. I am open to the concept, though the only example I can think of is euthanasia.

5. I accept a certain amount of collateral damage of civilians in a wartime situation, but I do not support intentionally targeting civilians, a la Dresden or Hiroshima.

6. See number 2
To summarize, it seems that your answer to all six questions is 'sometimes', meaning that, in various circumstances, you would be willing to support all 6 types of intentional non-defensive [non-consensual] killing. Is that correct a summary of your answer?
Ah so, I accept your moving of the goalposts to more accurately describe what you're after.

Because of this, neither of us support 3 nor 4. Theoretically I could support 1 and/or 2 in situations that essentially no one has seen. 5 is unchanged but my read of my own comments is that I do not support wartime targeting of civilians. I do not see a distinction between 6 and 2.
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Scott wrote:I understand your point. I did not properly clarify in the OP that in addition to the qualifiers of intentionalness and non-defensiveness, I also mean to isolate the killing to situations where the killing is non-consensual. In other words, assisted suicide is not included in what I mean by "intentional non-defensive killing".

Thus, anywhere where I have written "intentional non-defensive killing" please interpret the words as actually meaning "intentional non-defensive non-consensual killing".
LuckyR wrote: February 22nd, 2021, 7:48 pm Ah so, I accept your moving of the goalposts to more accurately describe what you're after.
Thank you for your understanding, and thank you for wisely pointing out the case of assisted suicide (i.e. consensual killing), which reflects an oversight on my part. Depending on the other specifics of the situation, I can and do support suicide, assisted or otherwise. In fact, my desktop background is an image of the
LuckyR wrote: February 22nd, 2021, 7:48 pm Because of this, neither of us support 3 nor 4. Theoretically I could support 1 and/or 2 in situations that essentially no one has seen. 5 is unchanged but my read of my own comments is that I do not support wartime targeting of civilians. I do not see a distinction between 6 and 2.
In some sense, to me, there is no very meaningful difference between the six cases, at least not that would rationally affect one's choice to support killing.

With that said, the six questions are based on 4 variables that seem to affect some other people's willingness to tolerate killing. The first three of the four variable are:

- revenge (nobody is saved)

- utilitarianism (the total number saved is more than the number killed)

- nationalism, nepotism or other biased preferentialism (the number saved is merely equal to or less than the number killed)


#2 deals with situations where the killing is done for revenge, presumably as part of some kind of two-wrongs-make-a-right or eye-for-an-eye maxim, which make no sense to me at all. The killing is not a mean to an end (e.g. saving lives), but is the end. It may be comparable or analogous to a person eating simply because they have a primitive urge to eat, even if means overeating to morbid obesity and death. However, one who actually supports killing (or other similar non-defensive violence) for such a reason may be able to explain it differently, and I would be very interested in that explanation.

#6 deals with situations that are in some ways similar to utilitarianism, because the end goal is to save some people, but it lacks the the fundamental equality of humanity that underlies utilitarianism; so like a perverted utilitarianism for racists, nationalists, or nepotists. An example of number 6 would be a loving father who out of love for his daughter brutally kills two innocent children to harvest their organs to save his daughter, thus killing two to save one. He may do a DNA test on the two victims before slaughtering them to ensure they aren't also his daughters. Another example would be a racist who brutally kills two innocent people to harvest the organs to save one person from his own race because he values the lives of people with his same skin tone as being worth more than double lives of others who have a sufficiently different skin tone.

Where #2 may be represented by a primitive two-wrongs-make-a-right instinct, #6 may in contrast be represented by the primitive instincts of the common us-versus-them mentality that dehumanizes an out-group in favor of an in-group. Both of those may parallel the way that primitive urge of hunger can be associated with eating, including eating to the point of morbid obesity and death. Another parallel would be the behavior of not doing something because it is scary or causes a feeling of fear.

Needless to say, as philosophy-inclined folk, we realize reason is not a slave to such feelings and primitive urges. The choice to eat is very different than the feeling of hunger. As philosophers, we can assess the actual rationality of any rationalizations given by a hungry person trying to explain why they are choosing to eat, particularly to the degree those rationalizations go beyond non-transcendental identification with the bodily urges, such as someone who might say, "I am not brave at all; I simply don't do something if it is scary", "I have no interest in self-discipline, so I eat whenever I am hungry even if it makes me morbidly obese and will soon kill me," or "I am a total slave to my bodily urges, so when I have the urge to kill someone I do it--no other reasons or rationality needed."
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Scott wrote: February 22nd, 2021, 10:08 pm
Scott wrote:I understand your point. I did not properly clarify in the OP that in addition to the qualifiers of intentionalness and non-defensiveness, I also mean to isolate the killing to situations where the killing is non-consensual. In other words, assisted suicide is not included in what I mean by "intentional non-defensive killing".

Thus, anywhere where I have written "intentional non-defensive killing" please interpret the words as actually meaning "intentional non-defensive non-consensual killing".
LuckyR wrote: February 22nd, 2021, 7:48 pm Ah so, I accept your moving of the goalposts to more accurately describe what you're after.
Thank you for your understanding, and thank you for wisely pointing out the case of assisted suicide (i.e. consensual killing), which reflects an oversight on my part. Depending on the other specifics of the situation, I can and do support suicide, assisted or otherwise. In fact, my desktop background is an image of the
LuckyR wrote: February 22nd, 2021, 7:48 pm Because of this, neither of us support 3 nor 4. Theoretically I could support 1 and/or 2 in situations that essentially no one has seen. 5 is unchanged but my read of my own comments is that I do not support wartime targeting of civilians. I do not see a distinction between 6 and 2.
In some sense, to me, there is no very meaningful difference between the six cases, at least not that would rationally affect one's choice to support killing.

With that said, the six questions are based on 4 variables that seem to affect some other people's willingness to tolerate killing. The first three of the four variable are:

- revenge (nobody is saved)

- utilitarianism (the total number saved is more than the number killed)

- nationalism, nepotism or other biased preferentialism (the number saved is merely equal to or less than the number killed)


#2 deals with situations where the killing is done for revenge, presumably as part of some kind of two-wrongs-make-a-right or eye-for-an-eye maxim, which make no sense to me at all. The killing is not a mean to an end (e.g. saving lives), but is the end. It may be comparable or analogous to a person eating simply because they have a primitive urge to eat, even if means overeating to morbid obesity and death. However, one who actually supports killing (or other similar non-defensive violence) for such a reason may be able to explain it differently, and I would be very interested in that explanation.

#6 deals with situations that are in some ways similar to utilitarianism, because the end goal is to save some people, but it lacks the the fundamental equality of humanity that underlies utilitarianism; so like a perverted utilitarianism for racists, nationalists, or nepotists. An example of number 6 would be a loving father who out of love for his daughter brutally kills two innocent children to harvest their organs to save his daughter, thus killing two to save one. He may do a DNA test on the two victims before slaughtering them to ensure they aren't also his daughters. Another example would be a racist who brutally kills two innocent people to harvest the organs to save one person from his own race because he values the lives of people with his same skin tone as being worth more than double lives of others who have a sufficiently different skin tone.

Where #2 may be represented by a primitive two-wrongs-make-a-right instinct, #6 may in contrast be represented by the primitive instincts of the common us-versus-them mentality that dehumanizes an out-group in favor of an in-group. Both of those may parallel the way that primitive urge of hunger can be associated with eating, including eating to the point of morbid obesity and death. Another parallel would be the behavior of not doing something because it is scary or causes a feeling of fear.

Needless to say, as philosophy-inclined folk, we realize reason is not a slave to such feelings and primitive urges. The choice to eat is very different than the feeling of hunger. As philosophers, we can assess the actual rationality of any rationalizations given by a hungry person trying to explain why they are choosing to eat, particularly to the degree those rationalizations go beyond non-transcendental identification with the bodily urges, such as someone who might say, "I am not brave at all; I simply don't do something if it is scary", "I have no interest in self-discipline, so I eat whenever I am hungry even if it makes me morbidly obese and will soon kill me," or "I am a total slave to my bodily urges, so when I have the urge to kill someone I do it--no other reasons or rationality needed."
To me the six can be boiled down to three: death penalty (state sponsored), revenge killing, and wartime targeting of civilians, the rest are murder, which doesn't need a category IMO since that is universally condemned. The three can be debated with intelligent arguments on either side.

For me, I absolutely don't have a problem with the death penalty in theory, however after even a cursory reflection on it, it is incorrect in two ways. Firstly, for the more heinous crimes it is too lenient and secondly the US justice system is too unequally and incorrectly applied, and death cannot be reversed. The US accounts for the vast majority of death penalty cases in the west.

Revenge killing is a little bit different in the sense that it is universally illegal yet could be morally acceptable IMO. True, the circumstances to pass muster would have to be unusual almost to the point of fiction, but possible.

Wartime targeting of civilians is frowned upon in general and often illegal. I have no tolerance of it personally, since it carries no strategic nor tactical advantage on the battlefield.

In the first two you seem to see a bright line between punishment (acceptable) and punishment to the point of death (never acceptable). This difference is, of course just a matter of degree, not concept. Thus why I don't share your categorical ban, since it isn't a separate category.
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We must reduce the population significantly (like half) to save the planet. Here’s who must go so we ll be left with reasonable sustainability:

Those that don’t believe in birth control!

Extreme materialists

They should die so that the sustainable people can have a decent earth left
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Slavedevice wrote: April 6th, 2022, 7:03 am We must reduce the population significantly (like half) to save the planet. Here’s who must go so we ll be left with reasonable sustainability:

Those that don’t believe in birth control!

Extreme materialists

They should die so that the sustainable people can have a decent earth left
Not an unusual thought experiment. Any clue on how to implement your plan?
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Start off killing Catholics because they don’t believe in birth control. Then you give the rest a test and take out the bottom sayyyy. 30%
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Slavedevice wrote: April 6th, 2022, 12:41 pm Start off killing Catholics because they don’t believe in birth control. Then you give the rest a test and take out the bottom sayyyy. 30%
Uummm... Well since 69% of families on average and 68% of Catholic families who are vulnerable to pregnancy, use highly effective birth control, your premise is in error (to be charitable).

As to the rest, I apologise for being difficult to understand, what I meant was (for example) how do you figure out who is a Catholic? How do you get the populace on board with the plan? How are the killings carried out? Would you kill folks who are too old to have kids? What about asexual folks? The celibate? What about the infertile?
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I think people who DO NOT believe in BIRTH CONTROL should be killed. The number one way to prevent catastrophic climate changes (which is and will cause suffering of innocent people) is to REDUCE the number of HUMANS!! If you clear your mind and see it this way - people (Catholic) that have many kids are enemies of the earth. If you think of earth as a sinking ship - the only fair way to save it is to throw out the ones contributing to the problem.
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Slavedevice wrote: April 20th, 2022, 7:13 am I think people who DO NOT believe in BIRTH CONTROL should be killed. The number one way to prevent catastrophic climate changes (which is and will cause suffering of innocent people) is to REDUCE the number of HUMANS!! If you clear your mind and see it this way - people (Catholic) that have many kids are enemies of the earth. If you think of earth as a sinking ship - the only fair way to save it is to throw out the ones contributing to the problem.
In order to save the earth, perhaps you should start your killings with yourself. I'm guessing that nobody would object.
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by Albertus Kral
February 2022

My Enemy in Vietnam

My Enemy in Vietnam
by Billy Springer
March 2022

2X2 on the Ark

2X2 on the Ark
by Mary J Giuffra, PhD
April 2022

The Maestro Monologue

The Maestro Monologue
by Rob White
May 2022

What Makes America Great

What Makes America Great
by Bob Dowell
June 2022

The Truth Is Beyond Belief!

The Truth Is Beyond Belief!
by Jerry Durr
July 2022

Living in Color

Living in Color
by Mike Murphy
August 2022 (tentative)

The Not So Great American Novel

The Not So Great American Novel
by James E Doucette
September 2022

Mary Jane Whiteley Coggeshall, Hicksite Quaker, Iowa/National Suffragette And Her Speeches

Mary Jane Whiteley Coggeshall, Hicksite Quaker, Iowa/National Suffragette And Her Speeches
by John N. (Jake) Ferris
October 2022

In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All

In It Together: The Beautiful Struggle Uniting Us All
by Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
November 2022

The Smartest Person in the Room: The Root Cause and New Solution for Cybersecurity

The Smartest Person in the Room
by Christian Espinosa
December 2022

2021 Philosophy Books of the Month

The Biblical Clock: The Untold Secrets Linking the Universe and Humanity with God's Plan

The Biblical Clock
by Daniel Friedmann
March 2021

Wilderness Cry: A Scientific and Philosophical Approach to Understanding God and the Universe

Wilderness Cry
by Dr. Hilary L Hunt M.D.
April 2021

Fear Not, Dream Big, & Execute: Tools To Spark Your Dream And Ignite Your Follow-Through

Fear Not, Dream Big, & Execute
by Jeff Meyer
May 2021

Surviving the Business of Healthcare: Knowledge is Power

Surviving the Business of Healthcare
by Barbara Galutia Regis M.S. PA-C
June 2021

Winning the War on Cancer: The Epic Journey Towards a Natural Cure

Winning the War on Cancer
by Sylvie Beljanski
July 2021

Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream

Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream
by Dr Frank L Douglas
August 2021

If Life Stinks, Get Your Head Outta Your Buts

If Life Stinks, Get Your Head Outta Your Buts
by Mark L. Wdowiak
September 2021

The Preppers Medical Handbook

The Preppers Medical Handbook
by Dr. William W Forgey M.D.
October 2021

Natural Relief for Anxiety and Stress: A Practical Guide

Natural Relief for Anxiety and Stress
by Dr. Gustavo Kinrys, MD
November 2021

Dream For Peace: An Ambassador Memoir

Dream For Peace
by Dr. Ghoulem Berrah
December 2021