Never mind the philosophical question of whether it is wrong to insult a machine.

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However, for millions of poor women and children in the developing world, this is not a philosophical question.

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This is not a philosophical question, but a branding question and, more specifically, a Super Bowl branding question.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a case that tests a philosophical question at the heart of modern tort law: If the cost of pursuing a lawsuit exceeds its value to an individual plaintiff, is that a bad thing?

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Whether or not we can lay psychiatric suffering at the feet of God is too philosophical a question for this blog, but wherever mental illness comes from, the names we give it, the categories we use to describe it, were created by men and women, not nature.

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Perhaps he's right, but given Mr Wood's philosophical habit, the question should nag him more than it does.

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He said a "clear and codified" bill would allow the European Court of Human Rights to apply a "margin of appreciation" in its rulings - where judges are obliged to take into account the cultural, historic and philosophical differences between Strasbourg and the nation in question.

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But philosophical arguments about the merits of central banking have nothing to do with the practical question facing Ben Bernanke right now: is monetary policy currently too tight or too loose?

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Perhaps the more important question, which like all questions most worth answering is at its heart a philosophical one, is at what point in time Blackstone (or Apollo or KKR) ceases to be a private equity firm at its heart, and becomes some other form financial or investment enterprise.

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