Philosophy - June 2006

2006-06-23 06:47:47 · 13 answers · asked by Fly 1

As we head into genetic engineering, will altering our genes also effect our morality as individuals? Our future depends on this answer.

2006-06-23 06:47:27 · 4 answers · asked by JazzyJB 2

Aren't thoughts of the future and the past just that: thoughts/thought constructs? When the thought of the past or future disappears to wherever thoughts disappear to it's still now. The present isn't even in the now cuz thinking about the present is a thought too. Even when "tomorrow" comes it will be happening in the now. and on and on and.......
so what time is it really? Is there something more that we're not aware of here?

2006-06-23 06:46:46 · 10 answers · asked by .. 5

When we see the merging of big corporations and the globalisation of the world's economy. Is it an agenda the rich is using to control the world much like a police state for world domination? It has been prophesized, no? All at the cost of lower wages to keep them as wage earners? 5 % over 95 % of the world's people?

2006-06-23 06:35:21 · 17 answers · asked by D greendesk 3

2006-06-23 06:34:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-23 06:20:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

We have all experienced - in one way or another - the causal link between a cause and it's effect. One thing seems to be the cause of another - fire causes smoke, etc.

According to David Hume, there is no causal link or ontological link between cause and effect. What we perceive as the ontological connection between the two is merely a psychological link. What Hume means by this is that we observe one thing coming as a result of another, and after observing this a number of times we infer the cause/effect principle on what we see. So this connection is nothing but the work of our cognitive faculty (reason or the mind), hence his so-called 'psychological link' which arises from what he calls "custom" or "habit".

For example: being a smoker, I have associated the habit/custom of smoking a cigarrette with what seems to be it's effect, namely the relief of stress or the calming of nerves, etc. Is this cause-effect link an ontological one or merely an association made by the mind?

2006-06-23 06:10:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-23 06:08:55 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-23 06:05:06 · 13 answers · asked by English Blossom 1

2006-06-23 05:57:33 · 23 answers · asked by some♥chick 3

I brought up this in the philosophy forum bc I judge this is a question about the essence of human being. Gay is an state of an essencial feature? ...

Gayness (or homossexuality) is different than "manness" or "womanness" because this two are basic premisses for being or not gay.

My point is: the ones who are gay (don't ask me what come to be "gay" 'cause this is self-evident) were born gays or were taught by the culture, local community, parents... to turn into it?

Ok? With no offenses I thank ya!


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2006-06-23 05:45:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-23 05:40:51 · 28 answers · asked by eric d 1

2006-06-23 05:19:50 · 15 answers · asked by akiastatz 3

2006-06-23 05:16:51 · 11 answers · asked by scb608 1

2006-06-23 05:14:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-23 05:09:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-23 04:45:19 · 10 answers · asked by davey d 2

This question is raised by Socrates in one of Plato's famous "Dialogues". It is a question for Ethics, regarding the nature or origin of goodness. For Christians, there is a clear distinction between what is good and what is not good. Does this goodness lie in the fact that God commanded something or did God command it because it is good?

If it is considered as good because God has commanded it, then the goodness as such lies in God - in other words, God is then the source of that commandment's goodness. If, on the other hand, it's goodness lies in the fact that God commanded something because it is good, then goodness is something outside of God - in other words, God cannot be considered as the source of goodness.

So, which (from these two) is the correct notion of goodness? Does God command something because it is good, or is something good because God has commanded it?

2006-06-23 04:30:35 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-23 04:24:17 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you are,what do you do,and if you are not why is it so(i do not mean to offend anyone),have you given up on your dream?i am just trying to figure out what to do with my life.thanking you all in advance.

2006-06-23 04:18:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

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if you are,what do you do,and if you are not why is it so(i do not mean to offend anyone),have you given up on your dream?i am just trying to figure out what to do with my life.thanking you all in advance.

2006-06-23 04:16:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

this is a survey question - I just want to see if anyone understands the question. It really means would your last day be for you or others? would your last breath be the end or an act of worship?

2006-06-23 03:54:18 · 15 answers · asked by Shadow 2

do you like jrgamegirl?

2006-06-23 03:33:22 · 5 answers · asked by game_girl35 2

tell me what can anyone do if i die today itself and dont even get a tomorrow

2006-06-23 03:28:51 · 21 answers · asked by skorpion 1 1

2006-06-23 03:25:30 · 20 answers · asked by pramila sharma 1

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2006-06-23 03:16:55 · 6 answers · asked by Kimera Simon P 1

This is a weird question isnt it? It came to me when it was fathers day and i though about it. Like if its Mothers day should hes family celebrate?

2006-06-23 03:03:43 · 42 answers · asked by lohanaddict 4

do you love your job to the extent that you would do it for free(hypothetical).alot of people hate their jobs and i wouldn't want to be in that boat again(i am considering a career).would you please tell me what you do(i will really appreciate it).thanking you all in advance.

2006-06-23 03:03:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

how come we're running all the time? what's the rush?

2006-06-23 02:43:24 · 14 answers · asked by wishiHad12Hands 2

2006-06-23 02:17:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous